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Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
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AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) via AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2015 · first_quarter · 1A
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Source: Senate LDA
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - new cures and treatments H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 466, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - pediatric quality measures S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs S. 961, Data Security Act (Carper) - data security S. 1077, Advancing Breakthrough Devices for Patients Act (Burr) - priority review of breakthrough medical devices S. 1427, Quality Measure Alignment Act (Stabenow) - facilitating coordination and alignment between public and private sectors on quality and efficiency measures Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act (Holding) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (Courtney) - repeal of ACA excise tax on high-cost coverage S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 879 the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act (Guinta) - repeal of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act (Holding) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (Courtney) - repeal of ACA excise tax on high-cost coverage S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 879 the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act (Guinta) - repeal of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Protecting Cyber Networks Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Cyber Networks Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Cyber Networks Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Cyber Networks Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 9, Innovation Act (Goodlatte) - changes to inter partes review process H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers S. 1137, PATENT Act (Grassley) - changes to inter partes review process Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act (Holding) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (Courtney) - repeal of ACA excise tax on high-cost coverage S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 879 the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act (Guinta) - repeal of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act (Holding) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (Courtney) - repeal of ACA excise tax on high-cost coverage S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 879 the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act (Guinta) - repeal of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Save American Workers Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Save American Workers Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Save American Workers Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Save American Workers Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Care for All Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Care for All Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Care for All Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Care for All Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Health Care Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Health Care Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Health Care Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Health Care Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
21st Century Cures Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - new cures and treatments H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 466, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - pediatric quality measures S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs S. 961, Data Security Act (Carper) - data security S. 1077, Advancing Breakthrough Devices for Patients Act (Burr) - priority review of breakthrough medical devices S. 1427, Quality Measure Alignment Act (Stabenow) - facilitating coordination and alignment between public and private sectors on quality and efficiency measures Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
21st Century Cures Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - new cures and treatments H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 466, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - pediatric quality measures S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs S. 961, Data Security Act (Carper) - data security S. 1077, Advancing Breakthrough Devices for Patients Act (Burr) - priority review of breakthrough medical devices S. 1427, Quality Measure Alignment Act (Stabenow) - facilitating coordination and alignment between public and private sectors on quality and efficiency measures Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
PRIME Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
PRIME Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
PRIME Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
PRIME Act of 2015
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act
Client: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · Firm: AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act (Holding) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (Courtney) - repeal of ACA excise tax on high-cost coverage S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 879 the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act (Guinta) - repeal of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) via AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2015 · first_quarter · 1A
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) via AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2015 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act (Holding) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act (Courtney) - repeal of ACA excise tax on high-cost coverage S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - TAA health coverage tax credits H.R. 879 the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Health Plans Act (Guinta) - repeal of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - timing of certain Medicare Part D payments H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1892, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Reichert) - Medicare sequestration cuts H.R. 2488, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 2505, Increasing Access to Data in Medicare Advantage Act (Kelly) - annual reporting of MA enrollment data H.R. 2506, Preventing Unnecessary Plan Terminations Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act (Brady) - rulemaking schedule for MA rates H.R. 2570, Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for Seniors Act (Black) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration H.R. 2579, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA risk adjustment model H.R. 2581, Preservation of Access for Seniors in Medicare Advantage Act (Brady) - Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration and MA open enrollment period H.R. 2582, Seniors Health Care Plan Protection Act (Buchanan) - preventing certain MA plan terminations, MA risk adjustment model H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S. 1268, Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (Hatch) - Medicare sequestration cuts S. 1396, Value-Based Insurance Design Seniors Copayment Reduction Act (Thune-Stabenow) - VBID demonstration S. 1549, Care Planning Act (Warner) - advanced illness care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, health policy issues Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits, Part D prescriber enrollment requirement, and provider directories and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); ICD-10; Value-Based Insurance Design; Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act (Upton) - new cures and treatments H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 466, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - pediatric quality measures S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs S. 961, Data Security Act (Carper) - data security S. 1077, Advancing Breakthrough Devices for Patients Act (Burr) - priority review of breakthrough medical devices S. 1427, Quality Measure Alignment Act (Stabenow) - facilitating coordination and alignment between public and private sectors on quality and efficiency measures Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 815, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Long-Schrader) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie-Cardenas) - ACA definition of small employer H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (McCaul) - cybersecurity H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security H.R. 2462, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 2739, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Lance) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs H.R. 2868, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) - association health plans H.R. 3020, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Cole) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Scott-Shaheen) - ACA definition of small employer S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act (Murray) - coverage of OTC birth control S. 1566, Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act (Kirk) - coverage of oral anti-cancer drugs S. 1661, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Isakson-Coons) - treatment of broker compensation in MLR calculation S. 1695, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill (Blunt) - ACA risk corridors provision, HHS appropriations Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; application of fiduciary standards to group health plans, issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 9, Innovation Act (Goodlatte) - changes to inter partes review process H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers S. 1137, PATENT Act (Grassley) - changes to inter partes review process Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) via AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
2015 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 1600, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley-Capps) - specialty drug tiers Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 928 (Boustany-Sinema) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - ACA health insurance tax S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 254, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - full repeal of ACA health insurance tax, HSA and FSA issues S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) - HSA and FSA issues S. 879, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act (Young) - definition of full-time employee H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 117, Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act (Garrett) - ACA individual mandate H.R. 221, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Harris) - risk corridors program H.R. 371, Care for All Act (Fortenberry) - catastrophic plans H.R. 494, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 543, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual health insurance H.R. 724, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - risk corridors program H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Nunes) - cybersecurity H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (Guthrie) - ACA definition of small employer S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act (Collins) - definition of full-time employee S. 123, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - risk corridors program S. 158, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - grandfathering of health coverage S. 359, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Cassidy) - risk corridors program S. 531, Removing Limitations on Insurance Effectiveness and Flexibility Act (Flake) - catastrophic plans S. 647, Health Care Choice Act (Cruz) - national marketplace for individual health insurance S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Burr) - cybersecurity Discussion Draft for Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Blackburn-Welch) - data security Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 691, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Kline) - employee wellness programs S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Alexander) - employee wellness programs Discussion Document for 21st Century Cures (Upton) - new cures and treatments Roadmap for ACA Replacement Legislation (Burr-Hatch-Upton) - health reforms HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;. implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform, CHIP funding, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Cost Plans, fraud provisions, QI and TMA programs H.R. 588, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment opportunities H.R. 818, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - reducing fraud H.R. 919, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Green) - federal CHIP funding H.R. 1021, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - reducing fraud H.R. 1470, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - Medicare physician payment reforms H.Con.Res. 27, Budget Resolution (Price) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues S. 522, Protecting And Retaining Our CHIP Act (Brown) - federal CHIP funding S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Hatch) - Medicare physician payment reforms S. 861, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Enzi) - reducing fraud S.Con.Res. 11, Budget Resolution (Enzi) - Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP issues Discussion Draft for CHIP Legislation (Hatch-Upton-Pitts) - federal CHIP funding Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *Add MACPAC to Agency List
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2014 · third_quarter · 3A
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) - Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) - Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) - Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) - wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) - Part D drug utilization review H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 3890, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Paulsen-Welch) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate delay H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act (Ellmers) - blocking Medicare Part D proposed rule H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - 12-month Medicare SGR patch, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Medicare sequestration cuts, Other Medicare-Medicaid Extenders H.R. 4484, Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act (Sinema) - MA special needs plans H.R. 4998, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (DeLauro) - MA plan provider networks H.R. 5113, Protecting Seniors' Medicare Choices from Obamacare Act (Coffman) - MA stabilization program H.R. 5183, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Black) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies H.R. 5364, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Pallone) - federal CHIP funding Draft Bill, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - preventing fraud in Medicare and Medicaid S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) - Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 25 (Hatch) - extension of Medicare sequestration cuts S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) - Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) - Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) - fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) - wellness incentives S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) - medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Wyden-Isakson) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions S. 1980, Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Quality Act (Rockefeller) - 12 month continuous enrollment S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms S. 2110, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Wyden) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, Medicare and Medicaid extenders S. 2122, Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act (Hatch) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate repeal S. 2361, Stop SCAMS Act (Nelson-Collins) - reducing Medicare fraud S. 2461, CHIP Extension Act (Rockefeller) --- federal CHIP funding S. 2552, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (Brown-Blumenthal) - MA plan provider networks S. 2783, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Thune) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 2260, EXPIRE Act (Wyden) - tax provisions Barrasso Amendment to S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act - repeal of ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) - ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) - transparency of hospital prices H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act (Nunes-Pallone) - telemedicine H.R. 3750, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ICD-10 Implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) - medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) - ICD-10 implementation S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security issues Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (Harkin) - funding for HHS programs, ACA amendments HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 460, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley) - cost sharing in a specialty drug tier H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) - FEHBP prescription drugs S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) - access to generic drugs Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) - Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) - Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1024, Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act (McMorris Rodgers) - medication therapy management programs H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) - Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) - wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) - Part D drug utilization review H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 3890, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Paulsen-Welch) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate delay H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act (Ellmers) - blocking Medicare Part D proposed rule H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - 12-month Medicare SGR patch, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Medicare sequestration cuts, Other Medicare-Medicaid Extenders H.R. 4484, Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act (Sinema) - MA special needs plans H.R. 4998, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (DeLauro) - MA plan provider networks H.R. 5113, Protecting Seniors' Medicare Choices from Obamacare Act (Coffman) - MA stabilization program H.R. 5183, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Black) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies H.R. 5364, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Pallone) - federal CHIP funding Draft Bill, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - preventing fraud in Medicare and Medicaid S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) - Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 25 (Hatch) - extension of Medicare sequestration cuts S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) - Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) - Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) - fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) - wellness incentives S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) - medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Wyden-Isakson) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions S. 1980, Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Quality Act (Rockefeller) - 12 month continuous enrollment S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms S. 2110, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Wyden) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, Medicare and Medicaid extenders S. 2122, Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act (Hatch) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate repeal S. 2361, Stop SCAMS Act (Nelson-Collins) - reducing Medicare fraud S. 2461, CHIP Extension Act (Rockefeller) --- federal CHIP funding S. 2552, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (Brown-Blumenthal) - MA plan provider networks S. 2783, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Thune) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues;implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *AddMACPACtoAgencyList
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2014 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 460, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley) - cost sharing in a specialty drug tier H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) - FEHBP prescription drugs S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) - access to generic drugs Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) - Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) - Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) - Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) - wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) - Part D drug utilization review H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) - MA open enrollment period H.R. 3890, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Paulsen-Welch) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate delay H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act (Ellmers) - blocking Medicare Part D proposed rule H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - 12-month Medicare SGR patch, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Medicare sequestration cuts, Other Medicare-Medicaid Extenders H.R. 4484, Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act (Sinema) - MA special needs plans H.R. 4998, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (DeLauro) - MA plan provider networks H.R. 5113, Protecting Seniors' Medicare Choices from Obamacare Act (Coffman) - MA stabilization program H.R. 5183, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Black) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies H.R. 5364, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Pallone) - federal CHIP funding Draft Bill, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - preventing fraud in Medicare and Medicaid S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) - Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 25 (Hatch) - extension of Medicare sequestration cuts S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) - Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) - Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) - fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) - wellness incentives S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) - medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Wyden-Isakson) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions S. 1980, Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Quality Act (Rockefeller) - 12 month continuous enrollment S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms S. 2110, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Wyden) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, Medicare and Medicaid extenders S. 2122, Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act (Hatch) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate repeal S. 2361, Stop SCAMS Act (Nelson-Collins) - reducing Medicare fraud S. 2461, CHIP Extension Act (Rockefeller) --- federal CHIP funding S. 2552, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (Brown-Blumenthal) - MA plan provider networks S. 2783, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Thune) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2014 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) repeal of ACA health insurance tax16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) delay of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) tax treatment of health insurance premiums H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) HSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) tax credits for family caregivers S. 2260, EXPIRE Act (Wyden) tax provisions Hatch-Barrasso Amendment to H.R. 3474, Tax Extenders Bill two-year delay in ACA health insurance tax Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2014 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act (Burgess/Camp) SGR repeal, quality- and value- based payment reforms H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) Part D drug utilization review H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) MA open enrollment period H.R. 3890, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Paulsen-Welch) delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate delay H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act (Ellmers) blocking Medicare Part D proposed rule H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) 12-month Medicare SGR patch, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Medicare sequestration cuts, Other Medicare-Medicaid Extenders H.J.Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act (Rogers) MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, Medicare physician payment, QI and TMA programs S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 25 (Hatch) extension of Medicare sequestration cuts S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) wellness incentives S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Baucus) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Wyden-Isakson) delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions S. 1980, Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Quality Act (Rockefeller) 12 month continuous enrollment S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Baucus) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms S. 2110, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Wyden) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, Medicare and Medicaid extenders S. 2122, Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act (Hatch) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate repeal U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Draft of Stop SCAMS Act (not yet introduced) - anti-fraud activities, including coding, Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership, and MEDPAC report16. Regulatory Issues (continued): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 17. Houses of Congress and Federal Agencies (continued): Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) 18. Name of Lobbyists (con't): C. Lawrence: Assistant, Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6); May 2008-July 200: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
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2013 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.Con.Res. 25, House Budget Resolution (Ryan) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S.Con.Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution (Murray) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act (Burgess/Camp) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) Part D drug utilization review H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) MA open enrollment period H.J.Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act (Rogers) MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, Medicare physician payment, QI and TMA programs S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) wellness incentives S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Baucus) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative;Regulatory Issues (con't): issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 17. Houses of Congress and Federal Agencies (con't): Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
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2013 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) transparency of hospital prices S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) ICD-10 implementation S. 1284, Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies; amendment to block implementation of ACA individual mandate Regulatory Issues: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; health care reforms related to competition in provider markets; pay-for-delay issues; McCarran Ferguson; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges); issues related to the program integrity program; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2013 · second_quarter · 2A
H.Con.Res. 25, House Budget Resolution (Ryan) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S.Con.Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution (Murray) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) wellness incentives S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) wellness incentives Discussion Drafts of Medicare Physician Payment Reform Bills (not yet introduced) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs;Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2013 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) HIT repeal16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) HIT repeal S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA issues Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2013 · first_quarter · Q1
H.Con.Res. 25, House Budget Resolution (Ryan) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S.Con.Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution (Murray) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act (Camp) Medicare Advantage, Special Needs Plans, Medicare physician payment, Medicaid and long-term care issues H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 17. Federal Agencies (continued) Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act (McKeon) TRICARE provisions H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency H.R. 5817, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (Luetkemeyer) privacy H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) expanded access to dental services H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act (Ryan) ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals H.J.Res. 17, Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Rogers) temporary appropriations for FY 2013 S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1223, Location Privacy Protection Act (Franken) privacy S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act (Levin) TRICARE provisions S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) privacy S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act (Lieberman) privacy, data security S. 3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Nelson/Coburn) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal Regulatory Descriptions (con't): requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2012 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson; 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) expanded access to dental services Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Rehburg) funding for HHS programs and agencies H.J.Res. 17, Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Rogers) temporary appropriations for FY 2013 S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) privacy S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act (Lieberman) privacy, data security S. 3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Nelson/Coburn) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2012 · second_quarter · Q2
H.Con.Res. 112, House budget resolution (Ryan) Medicare, Medicaid, ACA issues H.R. 675, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger) H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules H.R. 1357, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods H.R. 2190, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Waxman) rebates for dual eligibles H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation H.R. 2770, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Paulsen) extension of Medicare cost plans H.R. 3399, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Roskam/Carney) H.R. 3519 (Towns) exempting Medicare from sequestration H.R. 3691, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Paulsen) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs H.R. 4254, Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act (Stark) MA payment changes H.R. 5979, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -- federal financing of state Medicaid programs S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 1206, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Rockefeller) rebates for dual eligibles S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Coburn/Carper) S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods S. 1497, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Klobuchar) extension of Medicare cost plans S. 1999, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Klobuchar) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs S. 2196, Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act (Paul) reforms affecting Medicare and Medigap S. 2243, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) incentives for wellness and prevention Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including; risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA Star Rating system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to Medigap coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2012 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies H.R. 3988, Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act (Murphy/Pitts/Waxman) FDA user fee programs 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 3995, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) pay-for-delay settlements S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements S. 2193, Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients (Merkley) FDA oversight of medical devices H.R. 3209, Premarket Predictability Act (Shimkus) changes to the device process H.R. 3208, Patients Come First Act (Shimkus) - changes to the device process H.R. 3205, FDA Renewing Efficiency from Outside Review Management Act of 2011 (Paulsen) changes to the device process Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. 18. Lobbyists (continued): K. Callahan: Ross (March 2005- January 2012); Research Assistant, Senator Tim Johnson (October 2001 March 2005). D. Mott-Bronson: (June 1998 - September 2002); Democratic Professional Staff Member, House International Relations Committee, Representative McKinney (September 2002 December 2002).
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2011 · first_quarter · 1A
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms; H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients (cont.) H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review; H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy; H.R.1206 -- Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios; S.137 -- Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review; S.159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
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2011 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform, H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security, H.R. 674, (Herger) repeal of 3 percent withholding rule, eligibility for health care assistance, H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (con't): and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act funding for HHS programs and agencies H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers and enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements ; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements, including the application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area (con't): J. Miller, Legislative Counsel, Washington, D.C. Assistant Legislative Counsel, August 1992 December 1995.
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2011 · second_quarter · 2A
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs; H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies; S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements (con't) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002.
H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes (cont.) H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules; H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods; H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation; S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation; S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation; S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes; H.R. 675 Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger); S. 1251 Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act) (Coburn/Carper). MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to data warehouses including the Office of Personnel Management and Office of the Inspector General proposals related to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program and all-payer comparative effectiveness research and health information technology standards and policies. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division. Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002.
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2011 · first_quarter · 1A
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements; H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions (cont.) H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictionsl; H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues regarding payment for OTC drugs from a health account; issues regarding deduction for remuneration for insurance services; issues concerning small employer tax credits and retiree coverage reinsurance; issues regarding application of the nondiscrimination rules to insured group health coverage; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; employer reporting of health coverage; determination of COBRA premium values; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
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2011 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany) H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements H.R. 2529, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications H.R. 2832, Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act (Camp) TAA health coverage tax credits S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements S. 1368, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications TAX (Regulatory): Issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; issues regarding annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms (cont.) H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients; H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review; H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy; H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios; H.R.1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S.137 -- Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review; S.159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms. INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to genetic nondiscrimination; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002. Zigmund Luke (con't): Department of Labor, Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Philadelphia, PA, May 1997 to June 1998.
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2011 · first_quarter · Q1
H.J.Res 44, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.J.Res 48, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies (cont.) H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 4, 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (Lungren) repeal of Form 1099 provision; H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security; S. 18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Johanns) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 72, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Baucus) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers, and enforcement; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure, electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues regarding application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; issues relating to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce, issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan auto-enrollment requirements; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; (cont.) H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) generic biologics; H.R. 4489, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch); H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey) generic drugs; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act (Rockefeller) prescription drug co-pays and formularies; and S. 3677, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (Durbin) generic drugs. PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; (cont.) H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 3081, Continuing Appropriations Act (Lowey) continuing resolution with temporary funding for HHS programs and agencies;H.R. 3082, Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act (Edwards) continuing resolution with temporary funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 4061, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (Lipinski) privacy protections for health information technology; H.R. 4700, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act (Kagen) transparency in health care pricing; H.R. 4803, Patients' Right to Know Act (Barton) health benefits plan information, transparency in hospital price and quality information; H.R. 5324, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act (Davis) COBRA extension; H.R. 5690, MedMal Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R. 5777, Best PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security, privacy; DRAFT Boucher-Stearns privacy proposal collection and disclosure of certain personal information; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security; S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Durbin) amendments on employer reporting requirements; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, identity theft; S. 1734, Medical Liability Reform (Kyl) medical liability reform; S. 2730, COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act (Brown) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3393, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act (Brown) COBRA extension; S. 3421, Temporary Extension Act (Grassley) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3548, Extend COBRA Premium Assistance Program Act (Casey) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3579, Data Security Act (Carper) data security, privacy; S. 3686, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies; and S. 3742, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security, privacy; and S. 3946, Small Business Paperwork Relief Act (Baucus) employer reporting requirement. HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers, and enforcement; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure, electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology;; issues regarding application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2010 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs (cont.) H.R. 4489, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch); H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey) generic drugs; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act (Rockefeller) prescription drug co-pays and formularies; S. 3677, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (Durbin) generic drugs PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran-Ferguson reforms (cont.) H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; H.R. 4563, Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney) coverage requirement for cancer screening; H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (Perriello) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 4757, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Schakowsky) federal rate review process; H.R. 5000, Dental Coverage Value and Transparency Act (Andrews) requirements for dental coverage; H.R. 5297, Small Business Jobs Act (Frank) amendments on employer reporting requirement and individual coverage requirement; H.R. 5664, High Risk Pool Fairness Act (Ellsworth ) high risk pools; H.R. 5761 (Melancon) effective date for prohibition on rescissions; H.R. 5808 (Woolsey) government-run plan; H.R. 5844, Fairness in Medigap Options Act (Rothman) guarantee issue and open enrollment for Medigap policies; H.R. 5853, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) delaying implementation of the CLASS program; H.R. 5890, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) regulation of LTC insurance; H.R. 5982, Small Business Tax Relief Act (Levin) employer reporting requirements; H.R. 6066, Preventing Social Security Fraud Act (Sanchez) requirements for private disability insurers; H.R. 6368, Federal Employee Disability Insurance Act (Holmes-Norton) supplemental disability insurance for federal employees; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; S. 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Feinstein) federal rate review process; S. 3685 Insurance Competition and Transparency Act (Pryor) FTC authority; and S. 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act (Baucus) health coverage tax credit. INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, issues related to genetic nondiscrimination; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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2010 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug pricing, Medigap changes, Medicare FFS payment reform; (cont.) H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act (Rangel/Baucus) Medicare physician payment, Medicaid FMAP, Medicaid and CHIP technical corrections; H.R. 4263 (Baldwin) Medicaid FMAP extension; H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act (Rangel) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 4752, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) HHS Secretarys role in negotiating Part D drug prices; H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act (Levin) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to Medicare Advantage funding, Medicare Part D coverage gap, Medicaid funding; H.R. 4917 (Schauer) Medicare Part D formulary changes; S. 1669, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) guaranteed issue Medigap, Medicare Advantage enrollment; S. 3000 (Rockefeller) Medicaid FMAP extension; S. 3153, Continuing Extension Act (Grassley) Medicare physician payment; S. 3421, Temporary Extension Act (Grassley) Medicare physician payment MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA star system for payment purposes starting 2011 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions; and health information technology standards and policies.
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2010 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; (cont.) INS (Legislative) H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, multi-state plans, insurance market reforms, health insurance exchanges, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, appeals procedures, disclosure requirements, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R.3681, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; H.R. 4563, Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney) coverage requirement for cancer screening; H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (Perriello) McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption; H.R. 4757, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Schakowsky) federal rate review process; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to individual coverage requirement, grandfathered plans, immediate insurance reforms, premium assistance, CLASS Act, coverage issues, quality improvements, delivery system reforms; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; (cont.) INS (Legislative) S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Franken) medical loss ratios; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance, medical loss ratios, regulatory reform; S. 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Feinstein) federal rate review process INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
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2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry) Part D reforms; H.R. 904, Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Stupak) Medicaid drug costs; H.R. 1407, Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Doggett) Part D cost sharing; H.R. 1670, Community Choice Act (Davis) Medicaid coverage; H.R. 1832, Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act (Wexler) Part D reforms; H.R. 2501, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy) Medicare cost plans; H.R. 2686, Medicare Advantage Payments (Israel) Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustments; H.R. 2688, Empowered at Home Act (Pallone) home and community-based services under Medicaid; H.R. 2700, Prescription Coverage Now Act (Doggett) low-income assistance under Medicare Part D; H.R. 2718, MedPAC Reform Act (Cooper) implementation of Medicare payment policies; H.R. 2758, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Kind) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act (Mollohan) Medicaid FMAP; H.R. 2860, Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act (Murphy) Part D reforms; H.R. 3152, Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan Act (Holt) Part D enrollment; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including MCO provider taxes and eligibility expansion, Medigap open enrollment, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 3326, Defense Appropriations Act (Murtha) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 3418, Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Equalization Act (Ellsworth) Part D exceptions process; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug pricing, Medigap changes, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act (Titus) Part B premiums; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including MCO provider taxes, eligibility expansion and prescription drug pricing, Medigap changes, Medicare FFS payment reform; S. 75, Generics First Act (Kohl) Part D reforms; S. 266, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Part D reforms; S. 534, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) Medicaid drug costs; S. 677, REPAIR Act (Ensign) means-testing Part D premiums; S. 683, Community Choice Act (Harkin) Medicaid coverage; S. 960, Medicare Early Access Act (Rockefeller) Medicare buy-in option; S. 1079, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Klobuchar) Medicare cost plans; S. 1307, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Feingold) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; S. 1380, MedPAC Reform Act (Rockefeller) implementation of Medicare payment policies; S. 1634, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act (Rockefeller) government operated Part D plan, dual eligibles; S. 1669, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) guaranteed issue Medigap, Medicare Advantage enrollment; S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act (Stabenow) Medicare physician payment; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug rebates, Medigap restrictions, Medicare FFS payment reform MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
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2009 · third_quarter · Q3
Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) high-cost health plan tax, industry tax, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, employer tax exclusion, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses (cont.) H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; H.R. 3478, Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act (Gohmert) HSA improvements, transparency; H.R. 3490, Wellness Programs (Johnson) tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs; H.R. 3508, Healthy Savings Act (Paulsen) HSA improvements; H.R. 3610, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) health insurance tax deduction, HSAs; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) LTC insurance in cafeteria plans TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
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2009 · second_quarter · Q2
Senate Finance Committee Draft Policy Options (Baucus-Grassley) Medicare Advantage funding, special needs plans, Medicaid eligibility expansion, Medigap restrictions, Medicare FFS payment reform, Medicaid prescription drug rebates (cont.) House Tri-Committee Discussion Draft for Health Reform (Waxman, Rangel, Miller) Medicare Advantage funding, special needs plans, Medicaid eligibility expansion, Medigap open enrollment; Medicaid prescription drug rebates; S.Con.Res. 13 Budget Resolution (Conrad) Medicare Advantage funding; H.R. 684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry) Part D reforms; H.R. 904, Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Stupak) Medicaid drug costs; H.R. 1407, Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Doggett) Part D cost sharing; H.R. 1670, Community Choice Act (Davis) Medicaid coverage; H.R. 1832, Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act (Wexler) Part D reforms; H.R. 2501, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy) Medicare cost plans; H.R. 2686, Medicare Advantage Payments (Israel) Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustments; H.R. 2688, Empowered at Home Act (Pallone) home and community-based services under Medicaid; H.R. 2700, Prescription Coverage Now Act (Doggett) low-income assistance under Medicare Part D; H.R. 2718, MedPAC Reform Act (Cooper) implementation of Medicare payment policies; H.R. 2758, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Kind) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; H.R. 2860, Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act (Murphy) Part D reforms; S. 75, Generics First Act (Kohl) Part D reforms; S. 266, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Part D reforms; S. 534, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) Medicaid drug costs; S. 677, REPAIR Act (Ensign) means-testing Part D premiums; S. 683, Community Choice Act (Harkin) Medicaid coverage; S. 960, Medicare Early Access Act (Rockefeller) Medicare buy-in option; S. 1079, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Klobuchar) Medicare cost plans; S. 1307, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Feingold) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; S. 1380, MedPAC Reform Act (Rockefeller) implementation of Medicare payment policies MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues), bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
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2009 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Obey) TAA health care tax credits; H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance (continued) TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution (Spratt) health-related provisions; H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Obey) health information technology, privacy, comparative effectiveness research, prevention and wellness; H.R. 15, National Health Insurance Act (Dingell) single-payer health reform (continued) H.R. 109, America's Affordable Health Care Act (Fortenberg) essential benefits plan, high risk pools; H.R. 193, AmeriCare Health Care Act (Stark) new government health program; H.R. 544, Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce) FSA rollovers; H.R. 598, Economic Recovery Provisions (Rangel) health information technology, privacy; H.R. 629, Economic Recovery Provisions (Waxman) health information technology, privacy; H.R. 676, United States National Health Care Act (Conyers) single payer health reform; H.R. 679, Economic Recovery Provisions (Obey) health information technology, privacy, comparative effectiveness research, prevention and wellness; H.R. 1086, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R. 1105, Omnibus Appropriations Act (Obey) high risk pools, comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act (McDermott) single-payer health reform; H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; S.Con.Res. 13 Budget Resolution (Conrad) health-related provisions; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 179, Health Information Technology Act (Stabenow) health information technology; S. 336, Economic Recovery Provisions (Inouye) health information technology, privacy, comparative effectiveness research; S. 350, Economic Recovery Provisions (Baucus) health information technology; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 698, State-Based Health Care Reform Act (Feingold) pilot projects for state-based health reforms; S. 703, American Health Security Act (Sanders) single-payer health reform HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues related to provider conscience requirements; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; and issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements.
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2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
INS (Legislative): H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 2851: Michelles Law (Hodes) (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave); H.R. 3001: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Pallone); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3200: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Bean); H.R. 3425: Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney); H.R. 4460: Health Care Choice Act (provisions relating to health insurance reforms in individual market) (Shadegg); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney) (provisions relating to disability study); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) (provisions relating to federal Office of Insurance Information); H.R. 5938: Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Conyers); H.R. 6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6528: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) (provisions relating to limitations on lifetime limits); H.R. 6582: Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) (provisions relating to health insurance); H.R. 6908: Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarifications Act (Burgess) (provisions relating to disclosure rules for coverage exclusions); H.R. 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy) (provisions relating to mental health parity); H.R. 7129: Several Approaches to Reduce the Uninsured Act (Andrews) (relating to state regulation of employer-sponsored health benefits); S. 40: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 400: Michelle's Law (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave) (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu); S. 1758: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Kennedy); S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 2168: Identify Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Leahy); S. 2236: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller); S. 2268: Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar); S. 2477: Health Care Choice Act (DeMint); S. 2706: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) (provisions relating to health coverage for small employers); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 3554: Affordable Coverage for Small Employers Act (Smith) (provisions relating to insurance reforms, tax credits); S. 3559: Continuing Coverage Act (Coleman) (relating to third party review for rescission decisions); S. 3712: Mental Health Parity (Kennedy) (relating to a technical correction); DRAFT Senate Bill (Grassley) relating to disclosure of employee health insurance costs; Draft Senate Health Care Reform Proposal (Baucus) (relating to access, quality, and affordability issues). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; and implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements.
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2008 · third_quarter · Q3
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo-Barton) (continued) PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and issues related to electronic prescribing requirements; issues relating to e-prescribing of DEA controlled substances.
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); H.R. 7077: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Dingell) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); H.Res. 1368 (provisions relating to Medicare Funding Warning); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3560: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Baucus) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); S. 3604: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP); and S.J.Res. 44 (provisions relating to blocking implementation of SCHIP requirements). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues) bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, and audits, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authority over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
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2008 · second_quarter · Q2
HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued) H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research) (Allen); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); H.R. 2406: Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act (Gordon); H.R. 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act (provisions relating to health care disparaties) (Solis); H.R. 3341: Quality Health Care Coalition Act (provisions relating to collective bargaining) (Paul); H.R.3796: Early Warning and Health Care for Workers Affected by Globalization Act (Miller); H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act (Langevin-Shays); H.R. 6331 (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing); H.R. 6357: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act (Dingell-Barton); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1456: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy); S. 2041: False Claims Act Amendments (Grassley); Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 (provisions relating to high risk pool funding and comparative effectiveness research funding) (draft bills by Harkin and Obey); S.Con.Res. 70: Budget Resolution for FY 2009 (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage funding, Medicaid/SCHIP funding) (Conrad); H.Con.Res. 312: Budget Resolution for FY 2009 (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage funding, Medicaid/SCHIP funding) (Spratt). HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, electronic transactions, code sets, and identifiers; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement, and Medicare secondary payer reporting requirements; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting, and issues relating to service provider disclosure.
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2008 · first_quarter · Q1
INS (Legislative): H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Slaughter); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 836: Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act (Smith); H.R. 948: Social Security Number Protection Act (Markey); H.R. 958: Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush); H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2851: Michelles Law (Hodes); H.R. 2948: Increased Access to Health Insurance Act (Walberg); H.R. 3001: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Pallone); H.R. 3200: National Insurance Act (Bean); H.R. 3425: Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney); H.R. 3799: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney); H.R. 3997: Tax Relief Act with MHP Extension (Rangel); H.R. 4460: Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg); H.R. 4848: Mental Health Parity Extension (Pallone); H.R. 4986: Defense Authorization Act with FMLA provision; S. 40: National Insurance Act (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 358: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Snowe); S. 400: Michelle's Law (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu); S. 1758: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Kennedy); S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 2168: Identify Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Leahy); S. 2236: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller); S. 2268: Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar); S. 2477: Health Care Choice Act (DeMint); S. 2706: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities.
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2007 · mid_year · MM
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 2900: FDA Amendments Act (Dingell) (continued) PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 1082: FDA Revitalization Act (Kennedy); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2206: Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.Con.Res. 99: Budget Resolution (Spratt); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage (Baucus); S.Con.Res. 21: Budget Resolution (Conrad) MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs), Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology.
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2007 · year_end · YY
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 2900: FDA Amendments Act (Dingell); H.R. 3580: FDA Amendments Act (Dingell) (continued)
HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued)
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued)
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2007 · mid_year · MM
INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 836: Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act (Smith); H.R. 948: Social Security Number Protection Act (Markey); H.R. 958: Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush); H.R. 979: Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act (Norwood); H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2851: Michelle’s Law (Hodes); H.R. 2948: Increased Access to Health Insurance Act (Walberg); S. 40: National Insurance Act (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 358: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Snowe); S. 400: Michelle's Law (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu) INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management. INS (Legislative):H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Slaughter); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued)
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2006 · year_end · YY
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 3617: "Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4241: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Nussle) (continued) H.R. 4297: "Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act" (Thomas); H.R. 4719: Medicare Advantage Funding (Dingell); H.R. 5166: "Independent Pharmacy Protection Act" (Wicker); H.R. 5399: "Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4939: "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act" (Lewis); H.R. 5647: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Regula); H.R. 5866 "Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act" (Burgess); H.R. 6077: SCHIP Funding (Norwood); H.R. 6098 "Keep Children Covered Act" (Barrow); H.R. 6111: Medicare and Medicaid Provisions; H.R. 6164: SCHIP Funding (Barton); H.Con.Res. 376: Budget Resolution (Nussle); S. 124: Repeal of the Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 1356: "Medicare Value Purchasing Act" (Grassley-Baucus); S. 1778: QI-1 Extension/Ban on Coverage of ED Drugs (Grassley); S. 1932: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Gregg); S. 2255: "Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act" (Feinstein-Collins); S. 2260: Medicare Advantage Funding (Clinton); S. 2354: "Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act" (Nelson-Collins); S. 2409: "Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act" (Smith-Bingaman); S. 2563: "Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act" (Cochran); S. 2664: "Pharmacy Access Improvement Act" (Baucus); S. 2665: "Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act" (Baucus); S. 2810: "Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act" (Grassley-Baucus); S. 3647: "Prescription For Fairness Act" (Dorgan); S. 3897: "Medicare Data Access and Research Act" (Grassley); S. 3900: "Medicare Quality Enhancement Act" (Gregg); S. 3193: "Keep Children Covered Act" (Rockefeller); S. 3972: "Fair-SCHIP Act" (Grassley); S.Con.Res. 83: Budget Resolution (Gregg). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, and other issues affecting Medicaid health plan operations; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; and implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology.
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2006 · year_end · YY
PHA (Pharmacy) Regulatory: Issues relating to medical device recalls, including reporting and reimbursement; issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 5441: "Homeland Security Appropriations Act" (Rogers) (provision relating to drug importation). PHA (Pharmacy) Regulatory: (see next page)
H.R. 2650: “Patient Protection Act” (Norwood); H.R. 3204: “State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act” (Shadegg); H.R. 4157: “Health Information Technology Promotion Act” (Johnson); H.R. 4519: “State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act” (Shadegg); H.R. 4859: “Federal Family Health Information Technology Act” (Porter); H.R. 5559: “Independent Health Record Bank Act”; H.R. 6053: "Health Care Price Transparency Act" (Burgess); S. 4: “Healthy America Act” (Frist); S. 22: “Medical Care Access Protection Act” (Ensign); S. 23: “Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act” (Santorum); S. 288: “State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act” (Gregg); S. 306: “Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act” (Snowe); S. 1012: “Patients’ Bill of Rights Act” (Kennedy); S. 1262: “Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act” (Frist-Clinton); S. 1337: “Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act” (Enzi-Baucus); S. 1355: “Health Information Technology Quality and Improvement Act” (Enzi-Kennedy); S. 1418: “Wired for Health Care Quality Act” (Enzi); S. 2300: “Lower Prices Reduced with Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs Act” (Stabenow-Lott); S. 2772: “Health Partnership Act” (Voinovich-Bingaman); S. 3454: “Independent Health Record Bank Act” (Brownback); S. 3582: "Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act" (Kohl); S. 3701 "Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act" (Smith-Wyden); S. 3776 "State-Based Health Care Reform Act" (Feingold); and S. 3846 "Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act" (Carper). HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; FEHBP community rating policies, including similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirements; health plan compliance with Executive Order 13224; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; implementation of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) standards; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; and ERISA requirements for benefit plan reporting. HCR (Legislative Issues): H.R. 5: “HEALTH Act” (Gingrey); H.R. 1227: “Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act” (Biggert); H.R. 1402: “Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act” (Kennedy-Ramstad); H.R. 2259: “Patients’ Bill of Rights Act” (Dingell) (continued)
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2006 · mid_year · MM
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
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2005 · year_end · YY
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
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2004 · mid_year · MM
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2003 · mid_year · MM
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2002 · year_end · YY
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2002 · mid_year · MM
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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2000 · year_end · YY
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, White House Office
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2000 · mid_year · MM
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, White House Office
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1999 · year_end · YY
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, White House Office
H.R. 83, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act - ACA risk corridor program, expatriate plans, HHS appropriations H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) - ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) - transparency of hospital prices H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act (Nunes-Pallone) - telemedicine H.R. 3750, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ICD-10 Implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) - medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) - ICD-10 implementation S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security issues HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 460, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley) - cost sharing in a specialty drug tier H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) - FEHBP prescription drugs H.R. 3116, MODDERN Cures Act (Lance) - innovations in diagnostics, drug exclusivity H.R. 3742, Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act (Gingrey) - treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) - access to generic drugs Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals H.R. 5860, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014 (Boustany) -addresses use of Health Reimbursement Accounts and other employer funding of premiums Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 647 / H.R. 5771, ABLE Act - ABLE accounts for individuals with severe disabilities H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 2260, EXPIRE Act (Wyden) - tax provisions Barrasso Amendment to S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act - repeal of ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) - ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) - transparency of hospital prices H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act (Nunes-Pallone) - telemedicine H.R. 3750, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ICD-10 Implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) - medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) - ICD-10 implementation S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security issues Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (Harkin) - funding for HHS programs, ACA amendments HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 460, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley) cost sharing in a specialty drug tier16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act (Upton) drug safety issues S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) ACA direct enrollment16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollments. S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) ACA transitional reinsurance program Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) transparency of hospital prices H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act (Nunes-Pallone) telemedicine H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) ICD-10 Implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) ICD-10 implementation S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security issues Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (Harkin) funding for HHS programs, ACA amendments Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act (Burgess/Camp) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) Part D drug utilization review H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) MA open enrollment period H.R. 3890, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Paulsen-Welch) delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate delay H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act (Ellmers) blocking Medicare Part D proposed rule H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) 12-month Medicare SGR patch, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Medicare sequestration cuts, Other Medicare-Medicaid Extenders H.R. 4484, Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act (Sinema) MA special needs plans H.R. 4998, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (DeLauro) MA plan provider networks H.Con.Res. 96, Budget Resolution (Ryan) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid, ACA issues S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 25 (Hatch) extension of Medicare sequestration cuts S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) wellness incentives S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Senate Finance Committee) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Wyden-Isakson) delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions S. 1980, Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Quality Act (Rockefeller) 12 month continuous enrollment S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Senate Finance Committee) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms S. 2110, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Wyden) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, Medicare and Medicaid extenders S. 2122, Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act (Hatch) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate repeal S. 2361, Stop SCAMS Act (Nelson-Collins) reducing Medicare fraud S. 2461, CHIP Extension Act (Rockefeller) --- CHIP reauthorization S. 2552, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (Brown-Blumenthal) MA plan provider networks16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 17. Houses of Congress and Federal Agencies (continued): Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act (Black) ACA issues H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) transparency of hospital prices H.R. 3547, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Smith) ACA issues, FY 2014 appropriations H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) ICD-10 Implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) ICD-10 implementation S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security issues U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Draft of Stop SCAMS Act (not yet introduced) - anti-fraud activities, including coding, Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership, and MEDPAC report Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of Lobbyists (continued): C. Lawrence: Assistant, Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6); May 2008-July 200: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) ACA reporting requirements16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of Lobbyists (continued): C. Lawrence: Assistant, Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6); May 2008-July 200: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) repeal of ACA health insurance tax16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) delay of ACA health insurance tax S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) tax credits for family caregivers Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of Lobbyists (continued): C. Lawrence: Assistant, Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6); May 2008-July 200: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act (Upton) drug safety issues S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of Lobbyists (continued): C. Lawrence: Assistant, Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6); May 2008-July 200: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act (Upton) drug safety issues S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) ICD-10 implementation H.R. 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act (Black) ACA issues H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) transparency of hospital prices S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) ICD-10 implementation S. 1284, Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies; amendment to block implementation of ACA individual mandate Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) repeal of ACA health insurance tax16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) delay of ACA health insurance tax S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) tax credits for family caregivers Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act (Upton) - safety of drug compounding and the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) replacement health reforms H.J.Res. 59, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) ACA individual mandate S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of disputed claims Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) wellness incentives H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act (Burgess) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms House Ways and Means Committee Discussion Draft of Medicare Physician Payment Reform (not yet introduced) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms House Ways and Means Committee Draft Medicare Reforms S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) wellness incentives Senate Finance Committee Discussion Draft of Medicare Physician Payment Reform (not yet introduced) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) Part D drug utilization review Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); SNP reauthorization; quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible SNPs; Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program;16. Regulatory Issues (con't): Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 17. Selected Agencies (con't): Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) HIT repeal16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) HSA and FSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) HIT repeal S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) tax credits for family caregivers Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) HIT repeal16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) HIT repeal S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA issues Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) ICD-10 implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) ICD-10 implementation Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.Con.Res. 25, House Budget Resolution (Ryan) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S.Con.Res. 8, Senate Budget Resolution (Murray) public program issues, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) Medicaid health plan audits H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Medicare Part D price negotiations H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) fighting fraud and abuse H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) MA enrollment rules H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) wellness incentives S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Medicare Part D price negotiations S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer) S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) fighting fraud and abuse S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) wellness incentives Discussion Drafts of Medicare Physician Payment Reform Bills (not yet introduced) SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs;Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) ICD-10 implementation S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) ICD-10 implementation Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges) and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) FY 201316. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): appropriations for HHS programs and agencies H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) medical liability reform Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; OPM data warehouse for FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) access to generic drugs Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) HIT repeal16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) HIT repeal S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) HSA and FSA issues Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health insurer fee, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): (Conyers) antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act Medicare issues, budget offsets 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 675, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger) H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules H.R. 1357, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods H.R. 2190, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Waxman) rebates for dual eligibles H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation H.R. 2770, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Paulsen) extension of Medicare cost plans H.R. 3399, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Roskam/Carney) H.R. 3519 (Towns) exempting Medicare from sequestration H.R. 3691, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Paulsen) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs H.R. 4254, Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act (Stark) MA payment changes H.R. 5872, Sequestration Transparency Act (Hensarling) H.R. 5979, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -- federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 6232, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen) incentives for wellness and prevention H.R. 6300, Medicaid Long-Term Care Reform Act (Boustany) LTC and Medicaid issues S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 1206, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Rockefeller) rebates for dual eligibles S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Coburn/Carper) S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods S. 1497, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Klobuchar) extension of Medicare cost plans S. 1999, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Klobuchar) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs S. 2196, Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act (Paul) reforms affecting Medicare and Medigap S. 2243, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) incentives for wellness and prevention S. 3673, Dollar for Dollar Act (Corker) Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid reforms Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues raised by initial implementation in 2014; implications of sequestration in 2013 for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans; implications of the new health insurance plan tax (aka insurer fee) for MA plans starting in 2014; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA Star Rating system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Regulatory Issues (con't): Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the new health insurance plan tax (aka insurer fee) on Medicaid health plans starting in 2014; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies H.R. 3995, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) pay-for-delay settlements S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act (Feinstein) establishes standards for on-line pharmacies S. 2193, Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients (Merkley) FDA oversight of medical devices S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act (Paulsen) HSA, HRA, FSA provisions, ACA provisions H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 1004, Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act (Boustany) -- distribution of unused amounts from a Health FSA H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany) H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements H.R. 2529, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications H.R. 5842, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA, HRA, and FSA funds for over-the-counter medications H.R. 5858, Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act (Herger) HSA provisions H.R. 6005, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Courtney) tax incentives for purchase of LTC insurance, consumer protections H.R. 6088, Repeal of the Unfair Taxes on Health Care Act (Schweikert) repeal of ACA premium tax and restrictions on HSAs / FSAs H.R. 6137, Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA provisions H.R. 6162, Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act (Cassidy) pregnancy-related coverage by HSA plans S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements S. 1368, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications S. 1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) repeal of health insurance premium tax S. 2237, Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (Reid) amendment to repeal ACA premium tax S. 2516, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health insurer fee, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios H.R. 1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act (Price) medical loss ratios H.R. 2645, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Stark) MLRs for Medigap policies H.R. 2958, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Holmes Norton) disability program for federal employees H.R. 5838, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R.6283, Guaranteed Access to Health Insurance Act (Burgess) reinsurance, high risk pools S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms S. 1416, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Kerry) MLRs for Medigap policies S. 1500, Ensure Children Have Health Care Act (Murkowski/Enzi) enrollment period for child-only policies S. 2068, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios S. 2288, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios S. 3229, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) -- model disclosure form for marketing long-term care insurance policies S. 3230, Long-Term Care Integrity Act (Klobuchar) -- claims dispute resolution procedures S. 3271, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) Medigap provisions, MA enrollment provisions Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 675, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger) 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules H.R. 1357, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi) H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods H.R. 2190, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Waxman) rebates for dual eligibles H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation H.R. 2770, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Paulsen) extension of Medicare cost plans H.R. 3399, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Roskam/Carney) H.R. 3519 (Towns) exempting Medicare from sequestration H.R. 3691, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Paulsen) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs H.R. 4254, Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act (Stark) MA payment changes H.R. 5872, Sequestration Transparency Act (Hensarling) H.R. 5979, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -- federal financing of state Medicaid programs H.R. 6232, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen) incentives for wellness and prevention H.R. 6300, Medicaid Long-Term Care Reform Act (Boustany) LTC and Medicaid issues S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 1206, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Rockefeller) rebates for dual eligibles S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Coburn/Carper) S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods S. 1497, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Klobuchar) extension of Medicare cost plans S. 1999, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Klobuchar) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs S. 2196, Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act (Paul) reforms affecting Medicare and Medigap S. 2243, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) incentives for wellness and prevention Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues raised by initial implementation in 2014; implications of sequestration in 2013 for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA Star Rating system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital Regulatory Issues (continued): days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to Medigap coverage; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies H.R. 3995, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) pay-for-delay settlements S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act (Feinstein) establishes standards for on-line pharmacies S. 2193, Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients (Merkley) FDA oversight of medical devices S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios H.R. 1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act (Price) medical loss ratios H.R. 2645, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Stark) MLRs for Medigap policies H.R. 2958, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Holmes Norton) disability program for federal employees H.R. 5838, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R.6283, Guaranteed Access to Health Insurance Act (Burgess) reinsurance, high risk pools S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms S. 1416, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Kerry) MLRs for Medigap policies S. 1500, Ensure Children Have Health Care Act (Murkowski/Enzi) enrollment period for child-only policies S. 2068, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios S. 2288, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios S. 3229, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) -- model disclosure form for marketing long-term care insurance policies S. 3230, Long-Term Care Integrity Act (Klobuchar) -- claims dispute resolution procedures S. 3271, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) Medigap provisions, MA enrollment provisions Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act (Paulsen) HSA, HRA, FSA provisions, ACA provisions H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 1004, Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act (Boustany) -- distribution of unused amounts from a Health FSA H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany) H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements H.R. 2529, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications H.R. 5842, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA, HRA, and FSA funds for over-the-counter medications H.R. 5858, Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act (Herger) HSA provisions H.R. 6005, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Courtney) tax incentives for purchase of LTC insurance, consumer protections H.R. 6088, Repeal of the Unfair Taxes on Health Care Act (Schweikert) repeal of ACA premium tax and restrictions on HSAs / FSAs H.R. 6137, Helping Save Americans' Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) HSA and FSA provisions H.R. 6162, Ensuring Women's Access to Free-Market Healthcare Act (Cassidy) pregnancy-related coverage by HSA plans S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements S. 1368, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications S. 1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) repeal of health insurance premium tax S. 2237, Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act (Reid) amendment to repeal ACA premium tax S. 2516, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611, BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act (Ryan) ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) expanded access to dental services S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios H.R. 1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act (Price) medical loss ratios H.R. 2645, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Stark) MLRs for Medigap policies H.R. 2958, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Holmes Norton) disability program for federal employees H.R. 5838, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms S. 1416, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Kerry) MLRs for Medigap policies S. 1500, Ensure Children Have Health Care Act (Murkowski/Enzi) enrollment period for child-only policies S. 2068, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios S. 2288, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios S. 3229, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) -- model disclosure form for marketing long-term care insurance policies S. 3230, Long-Term Care Integrity Act (Klobuchar) -- claims dispute resolution procedures S. 3271, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) Medigap provisions, MA enrollment provisions Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to genetic nondiscrimination; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act (Paulsen) HSA, HRA, FSA provisions, ACA provisions H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 1004, Health Flexible Spending Arrangements Improvements Act (Boustany) -- distribution of unused amounts from a Health FSA H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany) H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements H.R. 2529, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications H.R. 5842, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA, HRA, and FSA funds for over-the-counter medications H.R. 5858, Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act (Herger) HSA provisions H.R. 6005, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Courtney) tax incentives for purchase of LTC insurance, consumer protections H.R. 5651, FDA Reform Act (Upton) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements S. 1368, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications S. 1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) repeal of health insurance premium tax S. 2516, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies H.R. 3988, Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act (Murphy/Pitts/Waxman) FDA user fee programs 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 3995, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) pay-for-delay settlements H.R. 5651, FDA Reform Act (Upton) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements S. 2193, Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients (Merkley) FDA oversight of medical devices S. 2516, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act (Harkin) pharmaceutical, medical device issues S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act (Feinstein) establishes standards for on-line pharmacies Regulatory Issues: Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Lobbyists (continued): K. Callahan: Ross (March 2005- January 2012); Research Assistant, Senator Tim Johnson (October 2001 March 2005). G. Gierer: Legislative Correspondent, Senator Dodd (May 1997 - December 1999); Staff Assistant, Representative DeLauro (March 1996-May 1997). D. Mott-Bronson: (June 1998 - September 2002); Democratic Professional Staff Member, House International Relations Committee, Representative McKinney (September 2002 December 2002).
Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act (Camp) Medicare physician payment, extension of QI and TMA programs, budget offsets H.R. 4254, Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act (Stark) MA payment changes S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued) S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes S. 1206, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Rockefeller) rebates for dual eligibles S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Coburn/Carper) S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods S. 1497, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Klobuchar) extension of Medicare cost plans S. 1931, Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act (Heller) budget offsets S. 1944, Middle Class Tax Cut Act (Casey) budget offsets S. 1999, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Klobuchar) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs S. 2196, Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act (Paul) reforms affecting Medicare and Medigap S. 2243, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) incentives for wellness and prevention Regulatory Issues: Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including; risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA Star Rating system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to Medigap coverage. 18. Lobbyists (continued): K. Callahan: Ross (March 2005- January 2012); Research Assistant, Senator Tim Johnson (October 2001 March 2005). D. Mott-Bronson: (June 1998 - September 2002); Democratic Professional Staff Member, House International Relations Committee, Representative McKinney (September 2002 December 2002).
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios H.R. 1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act (Price) medical loss ratios H.R. 2645, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Stark) MLRs for Medigap policies H.R. 2958, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Holmes Norton) disability program for federal employees S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms S. 1416, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Kerry) MLRs for Medigap policies S. 1500, Ensure Children Have Health Care Act (Murkowski/Enzi) enrollment period for child-only policies S. 2068, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu/Isakson) agent commissions, medical loss ratios Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to genetic nondiscrimination; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Lobbyists (continued): K. Callahan: Ross (March 2005- January 2012); Research Assistant, Senator Tim Johnson (October 2001 March 2005). G. Gierer: Legislative Correspondent, Senator Dodd (May 1997 - December 1999); Staff Assistant, Representative DeLauro (March 1996-May 1997). D. Mott-Bronson: (June 1998 - September 2002); Democratic Professional Staff Member, House International Relations Committee, Representative McKinney (September 2002 December 2002).
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany) H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements H.R. 2529, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements S. 1368, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications S. 1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) health insurance premium tax Regulatory Issues: Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Lobbyists (continued): K. Callahan: Ross (March 2005- January 2012); Research Assistant, Senator Tim Johnson (October 2001 March 2005). G. Gierer: Legislative Correspondent, Senator Dodd (May 1997 - December 1999); Staff Assistant, Representative DeLauro (March 1996-May 1997).
Filing targets: Administration on Aging, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements; H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions (cont.) H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictionsl; H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues regarding payment for OTC drugs from a health account; issues regarding deduction for remuneration for insurance services; issues concerning small employer tax credits and retiree coverage reinsurance; issues regarding application of the nondiscrimination rules to insured group health coverage; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; employer reporting of health coverage; determination of COBRA premium values; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes; H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules (cont.) S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation; S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation; S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, andMedicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs), State flexibility, and block grants; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions; and health information technology standards and policies. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs; S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
H.J.Res 44, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.J.Res 48, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies (cont.) H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 4, 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (Lungren) repeal of Form 1099 provision; H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security; S. 18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Johanns) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 72, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Baucus) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers, and enforcement; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure, electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues regarding application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; issues relating to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce, issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan auto-enrollment requirements; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) - HSA improvements, H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) - repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions, H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) - repeal of HSA restrictions, H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) - repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions, H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany), H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (con't): Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements H.R. 2529, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications H.R. 2832, Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act (Camp) TAA health coverage tax credits S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements S. 1368, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Roberts) use of HSA funds and FSA funds to purchase OTC medications S. 1880, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso) health insurance premium tax H.R. 674, Three Percent Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act (Herger) - repeal of the 3% withholding requirements on government contracts TAX (Regulatory Issues): Issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; issues regarding annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms, H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients, H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage, H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage, H.R. 416, 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (con't): Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios H.R. 1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act (Price) medical loss ratios H.R. 2645, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Stark) MLRs for Medigap policies H.R. 2958, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Holmes Norton) disability program for federal employees S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms S. 1416, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Kerry) MLRs for Medigap policies S. 1500, Ensure Children Have Health Care Act (Murkowski/Enzi) enrollment period for child-only policies INS (Regulatory Issues): Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area (con't): J. Miller, Legislative Counsel, Washington, D.C. Assistant Legislative Counsel, August 1992 December 1995.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs, H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies, S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements. 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (con't): PHA (Regulatory Issues): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 675, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger), H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes, H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) - Medicare secondary payer rules, H.R. 1357, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi), H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods, H.R. 2190, Medicare Drug Savings Act, 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (con't): (Waxman) rebates for dual eligibles, H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation, H.R. 2770, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Paulsen) extension of Medicare cost plans, H.R. 3399, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Roskam/Carney), H.R. 3519 (Towns) exempting Medicare from sequestration, H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act (Camp) Medicare physician payment, extension of QI and TMA programs, budget offsets, H.R. 3691, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Paulsen) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs, H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act (Camp) Medicare physician payment, extension of QI and TMA programs, budget offsets, S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation, S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation, S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes, S. 1206, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Rockefeller) rebates for dual eligibles, S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Coburn/Carper), S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods, S. 1497, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Klobuchar) extension of Medicare cost plans, S. 1931, Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act (Heller) budget offsets, S. 1944, Middle Class Tax Cut Act (Casey) budget offsets, S. 1999, Senior Medicare Fairness Act (Klobuchar) frailty adjuster for certain MA SNPs MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including; risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA Star Rating system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to data warehouses including the Office of Personnel Management and Office of the Inspector General proposals related to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program and all-payer comparative effectiveness research and health information technology standards and policies.
Filing targets: Administration on Aging, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.Con.Res. 34, Budget Resolution (Ryan) Medicare, Medicaid, ACA issues (cont.) H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 4, 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (Lungren) repeal of Form 1099 provision; H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1473, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security; S. 18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Johanns) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 72, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Baucus) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions; S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform; S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security; S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security. HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers and enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements, including the application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division. Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002. Zigmund Luke (con't): Department of Labor, Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Philadelphia, PA, May 1997 to June 1998.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms (cont.) H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients; H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review; H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy; H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios; H.R.1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S.137 -- Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review; S.159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms. INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to genetic nondiscrimination; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002. Zigmund Luke (con't): Department of Labor, Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Philadelphia, PA, May 1997 to June 1998.
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements (cont.) H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions; H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany); H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements; S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements. TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; reporting the value of employer-sponsored coverage; collection of insurer fees; operation of health insurance exchanges; reporting of medical loss ratio rebates; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes; H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules (cont.) S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation; S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation; S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, andMedicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs), State flexibility, and block grants; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions; and health information technology standards and policies. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms; H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients (cont.) H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review; H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy; H.R.1206 -- Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios; S.137 -- Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review; S.159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
H.J.Res 44, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.J.Res 48, Continuing Resolution (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies (cont.) H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 4, 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (Lungren) repeal of Form 1099 provision; H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security; S. 18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Johanns) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 72, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Baucus) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers, and enforcement; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure, electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues regarding application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; issues relating to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce, issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan auto-enrollment requirements; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs; S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. Komendant (con't): Altmire: 01-2007 to 04-2009; Blue Dog Coalition (Shared Employee) 04-2009 to 02-2011; Full list available at : http://www.legistorm.com/person/Erik_Komendant/33059.html.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods H.R. 2190, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Waxman) rebates for dual eligibles H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes H.R. 675, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger) H.R. 2770, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Paulsen) extension of Medicare cost plans S. 1206, Medicare Drug Savings Act (Rockefeller) rebates for dual eligibles S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Coburn/Carper) S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods S. 1497, Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act (Klobuchar) extension of Medicare cost plans HR 1357, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2011 (Pierluisi) MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including; risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA Star Rating system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to data warehouses including the Office of Personnel Management and Office of the Inspector General proposals related to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program and all-payer comparative effectiveness research and health information technology standards and policies.
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 674, (Herger) repeal of 3 percent withholding rule H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 3070, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Rehburg) funding for HHS programs and agencies S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform S. 365, Budget Control Act of 2011 Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid, ACA issues S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers and enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements ; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements, including the application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R.1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios H.R. 1943, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act H.R. 2077, MLR Repeal Act (Price) medical loss ratios H.R. 2645, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Stark) MLRs for Medigap policies H.R. 2958, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Holmes Norton) disability program for federal employees S. 137, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms S. 1416, Medigap Medical Loss Ratio Improvement Act (Kerry) MLRs for Medigap policies S. 1500, Ensure Children Have Health Care Act (Murkowski/Enzi) enrollment period for child-only policies INS (Regulatory): Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to genetic nondiscrimination; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs; H.R.1946, Preserving Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies; S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements (con't) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002.
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements (cont.) H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictions; H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 1370, Repeal of ACA Premium Tax (Boustany); H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) HSA and FSA improvements; S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) HSA and FSA improvements. TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; reporting the value of employer-sponsored coverage; collection of insurer fees; operation of health insurance exchanges; reporting of medical loss ratio rebates; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division.
H.Con.Res. 34, Budget Resolution (Ryan) Medicare, Medicaid, ACA issues (cont.) H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 4, 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act (Lungren) repeal of Form 1099 provision; H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1473, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (Rogers) funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security; S. 18, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Johanns) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 72, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act (Baucus) repeal of Form 1099 provision; S. 197, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 218, HEALTH Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions; S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform; S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security; S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security. HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers and enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements, including the application of service provider contract rules; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division. Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002. Zigmund Luke (con't): Department of Labor, Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, Philadelphia, PA, May 1997 to June 1998.
H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes (cont.) H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules; H.R. 1580, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare Advantage enrollment periods; H.R. 2248, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) Part D price negotiation; S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation; S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation; S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes; H.R. 675 Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 (Herger); S. 1251 Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayers' Dollars Act (Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act) (Coburn/Carper). MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; issues related to data warehouses including the Office of Personnel Management and Office of the Inspector General proposals related to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program and all-payer comparative effectiveness research and health information technology standards and policies. Durham (con't): the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 2001-2005: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (8/034/04 and 1/054/05); Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy (7/02 4/05); Senior Advisor for Health Policy (12/01-7/02). SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA), Washington, DC, 1998-2001: Acting Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (9/00-12/01); Deputy Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy (7/98-12/01); OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, Washington, DC, 1987-1989: Policy Analyst, Health and Income Maintenance Division. Thornton (con't): OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 2002 TO MAY 2006; PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOW, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, BALTIMORE, MD, JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2002.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 979, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) FEHBP prescription drugs; S. 27, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) pay-for-delay settlements PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R.369, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) HSA improvements; H.R. 450, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions (cont.) H.R. 524, Restoring Consumer-driven Health Care Act (Quayle) repeal of HSA restrictionsl; H.R. 605, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Paulsen) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; S. 312, Patients' Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues regarding payment for OTC drugs from a health account; issues regarding deduction for remuneration for insurance services; issues concerning small employer tax credits and retiree coverage reinsurance; issues regarding application of the nondiscrimination rules to insured group health coverage; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; employer reporting of health coverage; determination of COBRA premium values; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 999, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) Medicare Part D changes; H.R. 1063, Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act (Murphy) Medicare secondary payer rules (cont.) S. 31, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act (Franken) Part D price negotiation; S. 44, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) Part D price negotiation; S. 560, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Medicare Part D changes MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, andMedicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs), State flexibility, and block grants; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions; and health information technology standards and policies.
H.R. 63, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) LTC insurance reforms; H.R. 111, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients (cont.) H.R. 346, Health Care Choice Act (Pearce ) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R.371, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R. 416, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review; H.R. 1050, Small Business Health Fairness Act (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 1150, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy; H.R.1206 -- Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers) agent commissions, medical loss ratios; S.137 -- Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review; S.159, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC insurance reforms INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 1586 (Rangel) enhanced Medicaid FMAP; (cont.) H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug pricing, Medigap changes, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 4263, State Medicaid Assistance Extension Act (Baldwin) Medicaid FMAP extension; H.R. 4752, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) HHS Secretarys role in negotiating Part D drug prices; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to Medicare Advantage funding, Medicare Part D coverage gap, Medicaid funding; H.R. 4917 (Schauer) Medicare Part D formulary changes; H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act (Lewis) Medicare physician payment, Medicaid and CHIP technical corrections; H.R. 5712, Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act (Levin) Medicare Physician Payment; H.R. 6303, Medicare Beneficiary Choice Preservation Act (Arcuri) Medicare open enrollment; H.R. 6502, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Gonzalez) Medicare open enrollment; S. 1669, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) guaranteed issue Medigap, Medicare Advantage enrollment; S. 3000 (Rockefeller) Medicaid FMAP extension; S. 3421, Temporary Extension Act (Grassley) Medicare physician payment; S. 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act (Baucus) Medicaid and CHIP technical corrections; S. 4024, Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act (Wyden) price negotiations, plan information; and S. 4040, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Casey) Medicare open enrollment periods. MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, andMedicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions; and health information technology standards and policies.
H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; (cont.) H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) health insurance cooperatives, multi-state plans, insurance market reforms, health insurance exchanges, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance, federal rate review process, restrictions on rescissions, health care choice compacts, appeals procedures, disclosure requirements, high risk pool program; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; H.R. 4563, Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney) coverage requirement for cancer screening; H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (Perriello) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 4757, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Schakowsky) federal rate review process; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to individual coverage requirement, grandfathered plans, immediate insurance reforms, premium assistance, CLASS Act, coverage issues, quality improvements, delivery system reforms; H.R. 5000, Dental Coverage Value and Transparency Act (Andrews) requirements for dental coverage; H.R. 5664, High Risk Pool Fairness Act (Ellsworth ) high risk pools; H.R. 5761 (Melancon) effective date for prohibition on rescissions; H.R. 5808 (Woolsey) government-run plan; H.R. 5844, Fairness in Medigap Options Act (Rothman) guarantee issue and open enrollment for Medigap policies; H.R. 5890, Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act (Doggett) regulation of LTC insurance; H.R. 6066, Preventing Social Security Fraud Act (Sanchez) requirements for private disability insurers; H.R. 6368, Federal Employee Disability Insurance Act (Holmes-Norton) supplemental disability insurance for federal employees; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; S. 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Feinstein) federal rate review process; S. 3685 Insurance Competition and Transparency Act (Pryor) FTC authority; S. 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act (Baucus) health coverage tax credit; and S. 3958, Empowering States to Innovate Act, (Wyden-Brown) state innovation waivers. INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; (cont.) H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; H.R. 3478, Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act (Gohmert) HSA improvements, transparency; H.R. 3490, Wellness Programs (Johnson) tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs; H.R. 3508, Healthy Savings Act (Paulsen) HSA improvements; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) premium tax, high-value health plan tax, tax credits, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses; H.R. 3610, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) health insurance tax deduction, HSAs; H.R. 3971, Health Savings Account Expansion Act (Flake) HSA improvements; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to premium tax, high-value health plan tax; H.R. 5923 (Paulsen) repeal HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 5936, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) treatment of high deductible health plans as qualified health plans, repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 6234, Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support Act (Herseth Sandlin) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 6517, Omnibus Trade Act (Levin) TAA health coverage tax credits; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 2958 CARE Act (Menendez) tax incentives for LTC insurance, consumer protections for LTC insurance, caregiver tax credits; and S. 3673, Patients Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) -- repeal HSA and FSA restrictions. TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues regarding payment for OTC drugs from a health account; issues regarding deduction for remuneration for insurance services; issues concerning small employer tax credits and retiree coverage reinsurance; issues regarding application of the nondiscrimination rules to insured group health coverage; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance (cont.) H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; H.R. 3478, Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act (Gohmert) HSA improvements, transparency; H.R. 3490, Wellness Programs (Johnson) tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs; H.R. 3508, Healthy Savings Act (Paulsen) HSA improvements; H.R. 3610, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) health insurance tax deduction, HSAs; H.R. 3971, Health Savings Account Expansion Act (Flake) HSA improvements; H.R. 5923 (Paulsen) repeal HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 5936, Restoring Assistance for Families' and Seniors' Health Expenses Act (Reichert) treatment of high deductible health plans as qualified health plans, repeal of HSA and FSA restrictions; H.R. 6234, Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support Act (Herseth Sandlin) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 2958 CARE Act (Menendez) tax incentives for LTC insurance, consumer protections for LTC insurance, caregiver tax credits; S. 3673, Patients Freedom to Choose Act (Hutchison) -- repeal HSA and FSA restrictions TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; pre-existing condition insurance plans, internal claims and appeals and external review processes, coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions, lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits, rescissions, and patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation; issues relating to IRC Sec 162(m) reporting; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1586 (Rangel) enhanced Medicaid FMAP; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act (Rangel/Baucus) Medicare physician payment, Medicaid FMAP, Medicaid and CHIP technical corrections (cont.) H.R. 4263, State Medicaid Assistance Extension Act (Baldwin) Medicaid FMAP extension; H.R. 4752, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) HHS Secretarys role in; H.R. 4917 (Schauer) Medicare Part D formulary changes; H.R. 5712, Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act (Levin) Medicaid and CHIP technical corrections; H.R. 6303, Medicare Beneficiary Choice Preservation Act (Arcuri) MA open enrollment; S. 1669, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) guaranteed issue Medigap, Medicare Advantage enrollment; S. 3000 (Rockefeller) Medicaid FMAP extension; S. 3421, Temporary Extension Act (Grassley) Medicare physician payment; S. 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act (Baucus) Medicaid and CHIP technical corrections MMM (Regulatory Issues): Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; implementation of MA and Part D changes made in the Accountable Care Act (ACA), including application of the MA STAR system for payment purposes starting 2012 and changes to the Part D coverage gap; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions; and health information technology standards and policies.
H.Res. 1493 (Spratt) budget enforcement resolution; H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians (cont.) H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 3081, Continuing Appropriations Act (Lowey) continuing resolution with temporary funding for HHS programs and agencies; H.R. 4061, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (Lipinski) privacy protections for health information technology; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act (Rangel/Baucus) premium assistance for unemployed, Roberts amendment addressing individual coverage requirement; H.R. 4700, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act (Kagen) transparency in health care pricing; H.R. 4803, Patients' Right to Know Act (Barton) health benefits plan information, transparency in hospital price and quality information; H.R. 5136, National Defense Authorization Act (Skelton) coverage for dependents under TRICARE; H.R. 5324, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act (Davis) COBRA extension; H.R. 5690, MedMal Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R. 5777, Best PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security, privacy; DRAFT Boucher-Stearns privacy proposal collection and disclosure of certain personal information; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security; S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, identity theft; S. 1734, Medical Liability Reform (Kyl) medical liability reform; S. 2730, COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act (Brown) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3393, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act (Brown) COBRA extension; S. 3421, Temporary Extension Act (Grassley) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3548, Extend COBRA Premium Assistance Program Act (Casey) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3579, Data Security Act (Carper) data security, privacy; S. 3686, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies; S. 3742, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security, privacy HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements; medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; internal claims and appeals and external review processes; coverage of preventive services; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits rescissions; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; (cont.) H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) health insurance cooperatives, multi-state plans, insurance market reforms, health insurance exchanges, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance, federal rate review process, restrictions on rescissions, health care choice compacts, appeals procedures, disclosure requirements, high risk pool program; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; H.R. 4563, Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney) coverage requirement for cancer screening; H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (Perriello) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; H.R. 4757, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Schakowsky) federal rate review process; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to individual coverage requirement, grandfathered plans, immediate insurance reforms, premium assistance, CLASS Act, coverage issues, quality improvements, delivery system reforms; H.R. 5000, Dental Coverage Value and Transparency Act (Andrews) requirements for dental coverage; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) McCarran-Ferguson reforms; S. 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Feinstein) federal rate review process; S. 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act (Dodd) Leahy amendment on McCarran-Ferguson reforms INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, issues related to genetic nondiscrimination, and issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.Res. 1493 (Spratt) budget enforcement resolution; H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; (cont.) H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 4061, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (Lipinski) privacy protections for health information technology; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act (Rangel/Baucus) premium assistance for unemployed, Roberts amendment addressing individual coverage requirement; H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act (Rangel) premium assistance for unemployed; H.R. 4700, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act (Kagen) transparency in health care pricing; H.R. 4803, Patients' Right to Know Act (Barton) health benefits plan information, transparency in hospital price and quality information; H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act (Levin) premium assistance for unemployed, electronic health records; H.R. 5136, National Defense Authorization Act (Skelton) coverage for dependents under TRICARE; H.R. 5324, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act (Davis) COBRA extension; H.R. 5486, Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act (Levin) Camp motion addressing individual coverage requirement; H.R. 5690, MedMal Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; S.Con.Res. 60, FY 2011 Budget Resolution (Conrad) reserve funds for health priorities; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security; S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, identity theft; S. 1734, Medical Liability Reform (Kyl) medical liability reform; S. 2730, COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act (Brown) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3393, COBRA Health Benefits Extension Act (Brown) COBRA extension; S. 3421, Temporary Extension Act (Grassley) premium assistance for unemployed; S. 3548 (Casey) premium assistance for unemployed HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements; and issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; (cont.) H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; H.R. 3478, Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act (Gohmert) HSA improvements, transparency; H.R. 3490, Wellness Programs (Johnson) tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs; H.R. 3508, Healthy Savings Act (Paulsen) HSA improvements; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) premium tax, high-value health plan tax, tax credits, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses; H.R. 3610, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) health insurance tax deduction, HSAs; H.R. 3971, Health Savings Account Expansion Act (Flake) HSA improvements; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to premium tax, high-value health plan tax; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 2958 CARE Act (Menendez) tax incentives for LTC insurance, consumer protections for LTC insurance, caregiver tax credits TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; issues relating to withholding of government contract payments; and issues relating to health care reform implementation.
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; (cont.) H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) generic biologics; H.R. 4489, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch); H.R. 4899, Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey) generic drugs; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act (Rockefeller) prescription drug co-pays and formularies PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance; (cont.) H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; H.R. 3478, Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act (Gohmert) HSA improvements, transparency; H.R. 3490, Wellness Programs (Johnson) tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs; H.R. 3508, Healthy Savings Act (Paulsen) HSA improvements; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) premium tax, high-value health plan tax, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses; H.R. 3610, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) health insurance tax deduction, HSAs; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) FSA limits, health savings accounts, eligibility of OTC drugs as tax-free expense; H.R. 3971, Health Savings Account Expansion Act (Flake) HSA improvements; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to premium tax, high-value health plan tax; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) LTC insurance in cafeteria plans; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) high-cost health plan tax, industry tax, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, employer tax exclusion, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses; S. 2958 CARE Act (Menendez) tax incentives for LTC insurance, consumer protections for LTC insurance, caregiver tax credits TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman) generic biologics; H.R. 1548, Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo) generic biologics; (cont.) PHA (Legislative cont.) H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) generic biologics; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) generic biologics; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) generic biologics, generic prescription drugs; H.R. 4489, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch); S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 726, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer) generic biologics; S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act (Rockefeller) prescription drug co-pays and formularies; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) generic biologics PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 109, America's Affordable Health Care Act (Fortenberg) - essential benefits plan, high risk pools; H.R. 544, Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce) - FSA rollovers; H.R. 1086, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey) - medical liability reform; (cont.) HCR (Legislative) H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2502, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act (Schrader) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 2520, Patients Choice Act (Ryan) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 2668, Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone Act (Murphy) government run health plan; H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act (Mollohan) extension of COBRA subsidies for the unemployed; H.R. 3002, PATIENTS Act (Boehner) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 3400, Empowering Patients First Act (Price) premium subsidies, national marketplace, medical liability reforms, wellness, transparency, quality; H.R. 3468, Prevention and Wellness Programs (Castle) incentives for prevention and wellness; H.R. 3472, Premium Discounts for Healthy Behavior (Dahlkemper) premium discounts for healthy behavior; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 4061, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (Lipinski) privacy protections for health information technology; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act (Rangel) COBRA assistance; H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act (Rangel) COBRA assistance; H.R. 4700, Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act (Kagen) transparency in health care pricing; H.R. 4803, Patients' Right to Know Act (Barton) health benefits plan information, transparency in hospital price and quality information; H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act (Levin) COBRA assistance, electronic health records; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security; S. 179, Health Information Technology Act (Stabenow) health information technology; S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 698, State-Based Health Care Reform Act (Feingold) pilot projects for state-based health reforms; S. 913, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act (Cornyn) wellness incentives; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1099, Patients Choice Act (Coburn) comprehensive health reform; S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act (Baucus) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1259, PATIENTS Act (Kyl) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act (Rockefeller) government run health plan; S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, identity theft; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; S. 1734, Medical Liability Reform (Kyl) medical liability reform; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; S. 2730, COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act (Brown) COBRA subsidies for the unemployed; S. 3153, Continuing Extension Act (Grassley) COBRA assistance, electronic health records HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements.
H.R. 684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry) Part D reforms; H.R. 904, Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Stupak) Medicaid drug costs; H.R. 1407, Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Doggett) Part D cost sharing; H.R. 1670, Community Choice Act (Davis) Medicaid coverage; H.R. 1832, Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act (Wexler) Part D reforms; (cont.) MMM (Legislative) H.R. 2501, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy) Medicare cost plans; H.R. 2686, Medicare Advantage Payments (Israel) Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustments; H.R. 2688, Empowered at Home Act (Pallone) home and community-based services under Medicaid; H.R. 2700, Prescription Coverage Now Act (Doggett) low-income assistance under Medicare Part D; H.R. 2718, MedPAC Reform Act (Cooper) implementation of Medicare payment policies; H.R. 2758, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Kind) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act (Mollohan) Medicaid FMAP; H.R. 2860, Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act (Murphy) Part D reforms; H.R. 3152, Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan Act (Holt) Part D enrollment; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including MCO provider taxes and eligibility expansion, Medigap open enrollment, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 3418, Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Equalization Act (Ellsworth) Part D exceptions process; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug pricing, Medigap changes, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act (Titus) Part B premiums; H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (Dingell) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including MCO provider taxes, eligibility expansion and prescription drug pricing, Medigap changes, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act (Rangel) MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, Medicare physician payment, Medicaid FMAP; H.R. 4263 (Baldwin) Medicaid FMAP extension; H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act (Rangel) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 4752, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) HHS Secretarys role in negotiating Part D drug prices; H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act (Levin) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to Medicare Advantage funding, Medicare Part D coverage gap, Medicaid funding; H.R. 4917 (Schauer) Medicare Part D formulary changes; H.J.Res. 45 Medicare physician payment, pay-as-you-go budget rules; S. 75, Generics First Act (Kohl) Part D reforms; S. 266, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Part D reforms; S. 534, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) Medicaid drug costs; S. 677, REPAIR Act (Ensign) means-testing Part D premiums; S. 683, Community Choice Act (Harkin) Medicaid coverage; S. 960, Medicare Early Access Act (Rockefeller) Medicare buy-in option; S. 1079, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Klobuchar) Medicare cost plans; S. 1307, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Feingold) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; S. 1380, MedPAC Reform Act (Rockefeller) implementation of Medicare payment policies; S. 1634, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act (Rockefeller) government operated Part D plan, dual eligibles; S. 1669, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) guaranteed issue Medigap, Medicare Advantage enrollment; S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act (Stabenow) Medicare physician payment; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicare cost plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug rebates, Medigap restrictions, Medicare FFS payment reform; S. 2949, (Baucus) Medicaid QI Program funding; S. 3000 (Rockefeller) Medicaid FMAP extension; S. 3153, Continuing Extension Act (Grassley) Medicare physician payment MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, data, and audit issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy (cont.) H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, multi-state plans, insurance market reforms, health insurance exchanges, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, appeals procedures, disclosure requirements, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R.3681, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (cont.) H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (Dingell) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1235, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (Landrieu) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; S. 1258, Family Building Act (Gillibrand) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Franken) medical loss ratios; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance, medical loss ratios, regulatory reform INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman) generic biologics; H.R. 1548, Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo) generic biologics (cont.) H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) generic biologics; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) generic biologics; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) generic biologics, generic prescription drugs; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 726, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer) generic biologics; S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act (Rockefeller) prescription drug co-pays and formularies; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) generic biologics PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance (cont.) H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; H.R. 3478, Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act (Gohmert) HSA improvements, transparency; H.R. 3490, Wellness Programs (Johnson) tax incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs; H.R. 3508, Healthy Savings Act (Paulsen) HSA improvements; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) premium tax, high-value health plan tax, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses; H.R. 3610, Health Savings and Affordability Act (Austria) health insurance tax deduction, HSAs; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) FSA limits, health savings accounts, eligibility of OTC drugs as tax-free expense; H.R. 3971, Health Savings Account Expansion Act (Flake) HSA improvements; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) LTC insurance in cafeteria plans; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) high-cost health plan tax, industry tax, LTC insurance in cafeteria plans, FSA limits, employer tax exclusion, tax exclusion for FSAs and HRAs, health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses TAX (Regulatory) Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
H.R. 15, National Health Insurance Act (Dingell) single-payer health reform; H.R. 109, America's Affordable Health Care Act (Fortenberg) essential benefits plan, high risk pools; H.R. 193, AmeriCare Health Care Act (Stark) new government health program; H.R. 544, Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce) FSA rollovers; H.R. 676, United States National Health Care Act (Conyers) single payer health reform; H.R. 1086, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act (McDermott) single-payer health reform; H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2502, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act (Schrader) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 2520, Patients Choice Act (Ryan) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 2668, Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone Act (Murphy) government run health plan; H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act (Mollohan) extension of COBRA subsidies for the unemployed; H.R. 3002, PATIENTS Act (Boehner) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act (Olver) high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research, HHS programs; H.R. 3293, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Obey/Harkin) high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research, HHS programs; H.R. 3326, Defense Appropriations Act (Murtha) extension of COBRA subsidies for the unemployed; H.R. 3400, Empowering Patients First Act (Price) premium subsidies, national marketplace, medical liability reforms, wellness, transparency, quality; H.R. 3468, Prevention and Wellness Programs (Castle) incentives for prevention and wellness; H.R. 3472, Premium Discounts for Healthy Behavior (Dahlkemper) premium discounts for healthy behavior; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, cost containment, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 4061, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (Lipinski) privacy protections for health information technology; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security; S. 179, Health Information Technology Act (Stabenow) health information technology; S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 698, State-Based Health Care Reform Act (Feingold) pilot projects for state-based health reforms; S. 703, American Health Security Act (Sanders) single-payer health reform; S. 913, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act (Cornyn) wellness incentives; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1099, Patients Choice Act (Coburn) comprehensive health reform; S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act (Baucus) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1259, PATIENTS Act (Kyl) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act (Rockefeller) government run health plan; S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, identity theft; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; S. 1734, Medical Liability Reform (Kyl) medical liability reform; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; S. 2730, COBRA Subsidy Extension and Enhancement Act (Brown) COBRA subsidies for the unemployed HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; HIPAA enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance, medical loss ratios, regulatory reform (cont.) H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy; H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R.3681, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Ellison) medical loss ratios; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform;S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1235, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (Landrieu) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; S. 1258, Family Building Act (Gillibrand) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Franken) medical loss ratios (cont.) INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse (cont.) HCR (cont.) H.R. 15, National Health Insurance Act (Dingell) single-payer health reform; H.R. 109, America's Affordable Health Care Act (Fortenberg) essential benefits plan, high risk pools; H.R. 193, AmeriCare Health Care Act (Stark) new government health program; H.R. 544, Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce) FSA rollovers; H.R. 676, United States National Health Care Act (Conyers) single payer health reform; H.R. 1086, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act (McDermott) single-payer health reform; H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2502, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act (Schrader) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 2520, Patients Choice Act (Ryan) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 2668, Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone Act (Murphy) government run health plan; H.R. 3002, PATIENTS Act (Boehner) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.R. 3293, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Obey/Harkin) high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research, HHS programs; H.R. 3400, Empowering Patients First Act (Price) premium subsidies, national marketplace, medical liability reforms, wellness, transparency, quality; H.R. 3468, Prevention and Wellness Programs (Castle) incentives for prevention and wellness; H.R. 3472, Premium Discounts for Healthy Behavior (Dahlkemper) premium discounts for healthy behavior; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 179, Health Information Technology Act (Stabenow) health information technology;S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 698, State-Based Health Care Reform Act (Feingold) pilot projects for state-based health reforms; S. 703, American Health Security Act (Sanders) single-payer health reform; S. 913, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act (Cornyn) wellness incentives; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1099, Patients Choice Act (Coburn) comprehensive health reform; S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act (Baucus) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1259, PATIENTS Act (Kyl) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act (Rockefeller) government run health plan; S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, identity theft; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; S. 1734, Medical Liability Reform (Kyl) medical liability reform HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements.
Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicaid issues including eligibility expansion and prescription drug rebates, Medigap restrictions, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry) Part D reforms (cont.) H.R. 904, Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Stupak) Medicaid drug costs; H.R. 1407, Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Doggett) Part D cost sharing; H.R. 1670, Community Choice Act (Davis) Medicaid coverage; H.R. 1832, Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act (Wexler) Part D reforms; H.R. 2501, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy) Medicare cost plans; H.R. 2686, Medicare Advantage Payments (Israel) Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustments; H.R. 2688, Empowered at Home Act (Pallone) home and community-based services under Medicaid; H.R. 2700, Prescription Coverage Now Act (Doggett) low-income assistance under Medicare Part D; H.R. 2718, MedPAC Reform Act (Cooper) implementation of Medicare payment policies; H.R. 2758, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Kind) Medicare Advantage special needs plans; H.R. 2860, Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act (Murphy) Part D reforms; H.R. 3152, Helping Seniors Choose their Medicare Drug Plan Act (Holt) Part D enrollment; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) Medicare Advantage, Part D, special needs plans, Medicaid issues including MCO provider taxes and eligibility expansion, Medigap open enrollment, Medicare FFS payment reform; H.R. 3418, Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Equalization Act (Ellsworth) Part D exceptions process; H.R. 3631, Medicare Premium Fairness Act (Titus) Part B premiums; S. 75, Generics First Act (Kohl) Part D reforms; S. 266, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Part D reforms; S. 534, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) Medicaid drug costs; S. 677, REPAIR Act (Ensign) means-testing Part D premiums; S. 683, Community Choice Act (Harkin) Medicaid coverage; S. 960, Medicare Early Access Act (Rockefeller) Medicare buy-in option; S. 1079, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Klobuchar) Medicare cost plans; S. 1307, Medicare Specialty Care Improvement and Protection Act (Feingold) Medicare Advantage special needs plans;S. 1380, MedPAC Reform Act (Rockefeller) implementation of Medicare payment policies; S. 1634, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Improvement Act (Rockefeller) government operated Part D plan, dual eligibles; S. 1669, Equal Access to Medicare Options Act (Kerry) guaranteed issue Medigap, Medicare Advantage enrollment MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues), bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration and contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman) generic biologics (cont.) PHA (cont.) H.R. 1548, Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo) generic biologics; H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) generic biologics; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 726, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer) generic biologics; S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act (Rockefeller) prescription drug co-pays and formularies; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) generic biologics PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
Senate HELP Committee Draft Affordable Health Choices Act (Kennedy) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse (continued); Senate Finance Committee Draft Policy Options (Baucus-Grassley) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; House Tri-Committee Discussion Draft for Health Reform (Waxman, Rangel, Miller) coverage expansions, quality improvements, delivery system reforms, comparative effectiveness research, administrative simplification, health disparities, prevention and wellness, public health and workforce issues, fraud and abuse; H.Con.Res. 85 Budget Resolution (Spratt) health-related provisions; S.Con.Res. 13 Budget Resolution (Conrad) health-related provisions; H.R. 15, National Health Insurance Act (Dingell) single-payer health reform; H.R. 109, America's Affordable Health Care Act (Fortenberg) essential benefits plan, high risk pools; H.R. 193, AmeriCare Health Care Act (Stark) new government health program; H.R. 544, Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce) FSA rollovers; H.R. 676, United States National Health Care Act (Conyers) single payer health reform; H.R. 1086, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey) medical liability reform; H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act (McDermott) single-payer health reform; H.R. 1468, Medical Justice Act (Burgess) medical liability reform; H.R. 1493, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) antitrust exemption for physicians; H.R. 1658, Veterans Healthcare Commitment Act (Tiahrt) third party billing by VA for service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security; H.R. 2249, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency; H.R. 2502, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act (Schrader) comparative effectiveness research; H.R. 2520, Patients Choice Act (Ryan) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 2607: Small Business Health Coverage (Johnson) association health plans; H.R. 2668, Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone Act (Murphy) government run health plan; H.R. 3002, PATIENTS Act (Boehner) comparative effectiveness research; S. 45, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign) medical liability reform; S. 179, Health Information Technology Act (Stabenow) health information technology; S. 458, False Claims Act Clarification Act (Grassley) fraud and abuse; S. 698, State-Based Health Care Reform Act (Feingold) pilot projects for state-based health reforms; S. 703, American Health Security Act (Sanders) single-payer health reform; S. 913, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act (Cornyn) wellness incentives; S. 988, SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe) cafeteria plans, flexible spending arrangements; S. 1099, Patients Choice Act (Coburn) comprehensive health reform; S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act (Baucus) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1259, PATIENTS Act (Kyl) comparative effectiveness research; S. 1278, Consumers Health Care Act (Rockefeller) government run health plan HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues related to provider conscience requirements; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to mental health parity; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues realting to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; and issues relating to Form 5500 reporting requirements.
Senate HELP Committee Draft Affordable Health Choices Act (Kennedy) LTC insurance in cafeteria plans (cont.) Senate Finance Committee Draft Policy Options (Baucus-Grassley) employer tax exclusion, tax exclusion for FSAs, HRAs, and health savings accounts, tax deduction for itemized medical expenses; H.R. 897, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 1891, Sunset of Life Protection Act (Alexander) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2096, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy) tax incentives for LTC insurance; H.R. 2974: HSAs for Veterans (Campbell) HSA contributions by veterans; S. 94, Long-Term Care Family Accessibility Act (Vitter) tax incentives for LTC insurance; S. 702, Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) tax incentives for LTC insurance TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
Senate HELP Committee Draft Affordable Health Choices Act (Kennedy) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance (cont.) Senate Finance Committee Draft Policy Options (Baucus-Grassley) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance; House Tri-Committee Discussion Draft for Health Reform (Waxman, Rangel, Miller) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy; H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1235, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (Landrieu) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; S. 1258, Family Building Act (Gillibrand) coverage mandate for infertility treatments INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Senate HELP Committee Draft Affordable Health Choices Act (Kennedy) generic biologics (cont.) H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman) generic biologics; H.R. 1548, Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo) generic biologics; H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 726, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer) generic biologics PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Obey) Medicaid FMAP; H.R. 2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Pallone) CHIP expansion; H.R. 629, Economic Recovery Provisions (Waxman) Medicaid FMAP, Medicaid option for unemployed; H.R. 684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry) Part D reforms (continued) H.R. 904, Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Stupak) Medicaid drug costs; H.R. 1407, Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Doggett) Part D cost sharing; H.R. 1670, Community Choice Act (Davis) Medicaid coverage; H.R. 1832, Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act (Wexler) Part D reforms; S.Con.Res. 13 Budget Resolution (Conrad) Medicare Advantage funding; S. 75, Generics First Act (Kohl) Part D reforms; S. 266, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 275, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus) CHIP expansion; S. 330, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) Part D reforms; S. 350, Economic Recovery Provisions (Baucus) Medicaid FMAP; S. 534, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Nelson) Part D reforms; S. 547, Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) Medicaid drug costs; S. 677, REPAIR Act (Ensign) means-testing Part D premiums; S. 683, Community Choice Act (Harkin) Medicaid coverage MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues), bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
H.R. 1204, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner) antitrust exemption for pharmacies; H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman) generic biologics; H.R. 1548, Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo) generic biologics (continued) H.R. 1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act (Rush) generic drugs; S. 369, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl) generic drugs; S. 726, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer) generic biologics PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Obey) COBRA; H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy; H.R. 598, Economic Recovery Provisions (Rangel) COBRA (continued) H.R. 629, Economic Recovery Provisions (Waxman) COBRA; H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 350, Economic Recovery Provisions (Baucus) COBRA; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued) (TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Boustany); H.R. 3088: Long-Term Care Act (Terry); H.R. 3234: HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (Cantor); H.R. 3306: Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce); H.R. 3363: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act (provisions relating to health care tax credits, COBRA continuation coverage, health insurance reforms) (Rangel); H.R. 5559: Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam); H.R. 5719: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HSA provision); H.R. 6237: Tax Relief for Long-Term Care Act (Courtney); H.R. 7095: Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support (Sandlin) (provisions relating to LTC tax deduction); H.R. 7148: Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act (Johnson) (provisions relating to HSA improvements); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski); S. 1809: Long-Term Care Act (Thune); S. 2237: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley); S. 2835: Health Care Equity Act (DeMint); and S. 3626: Family Retirement and Health Investment Act (Hatch) (provisions relating to HSA improvements). TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues relating to application of rules regarding excise tax reporting; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued) H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research) (Allen); H.R. 2406: Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act (Gordon); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); H.R. 2638: Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act (provisions relating to high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research funding); H.R. 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act (provisions relating to health care disparaties) (Solis); H.R. 3341: Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) (provisions relating to physician collective bargaining); H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act (Langevin-Shays); H.R. 5442: TRUST in Health Information Act of 2008 (Markey); H.R. 6357: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act (Dingell-Barton); H.R. 6444: Healthy Americans Act (Wasserman Schultz) (provisions relating to insurance reforms and subsidies); H.R. 6898 Health-e Information Technology Act (Stark) (provisions relating to standards and incentives for health information technology; privacy and security protections); H.R. 7038: Health Care Services Commission Act (Ryan) (provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1456: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy); S. 2041: False Claims Act Amendments (Grassley); S. 3230: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (provisions relating to high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research funding); and S. 3408: Comparative Effectiveness Research. Act (Baucus) and HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, electronic transactions, code sets, and identifiers; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues related to provider conscience requirements; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; and issues relating to service provider disclosure.
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); H.R. 7077: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Dingell) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); H.R. 7197: Medicare Advantage Funding (Gonzalez) (provisions relating to limiting increases in Medicare Advantage payment rates); H.Res. 1368 (provisions relating to Medicare Funding Warning); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1589: Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) (provisions relating to Medicaid drug rebates); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3560: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Baucus) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); S. 3604: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP); S. 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare Act (Schumer) (provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid regulation); S. 3869: Economic Stimulus (Reid) (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP and Medicaidd MCO provider taxes); S. 3710: Medicare Early Access Act (Rockefeller) (provisions relating to Medicare "buy-in" option); and S.J.Res. 44 (provisions relating to blocking implementation of SCHIP requirements). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues), bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality meaasures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authority over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo-Barton) (continued) PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and issues related to electronic prescribing requirements; issues relating to e-prescribing of DEA controlled substances.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
INS (Legislative): H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 2851: Michelles Law (Hodes) (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave); H.R. 3001: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Pallone); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3200: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Bean); H.R. 3425: Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney); H.R. 4460: Health Care Choice Act (provisions relating to health insurance reforms in individual market) (Shadegg); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney) (provisions relating to disability study); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) (provisions relating to federal Office of Insurance Information); H.R. 5938: Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Conyers); H.R. 6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6528: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) (provisions relating to limitations on lifetime limits); H.R. 6582: Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) (provisions relating to health insurance); H.R. 6908: Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarifications Act (Burgess) (provisions relating to disclosure rules for coverage exclusions); H.R. 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy) (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 40: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 400: Michelle's Law (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave) (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu); S. 1758: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Kennedy); S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 2168: Identify Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Leahy); S. 2236: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller); S. 2268: Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar); S. 2477: Health Care Choice Act (DeMint); S. 2706: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) (provisions relating to health coverage for small employers); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 3554: Affordable Coverage for Small Employers Act (Smith) (provisions relating to insurance reforms, tax credits); S. 3559: Continuing Coverage Act (Coleman) (relating to third party review for rescission decisions). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials.
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued) (TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Boustany); H.R. 3088: Long-Term Care Act (Terry); H.R. 3234: HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (Cantor); H.R. 3306: Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce); H.R. 3363: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act (provisions relating to health care tax credits, COBRA continuation coverage, health insurance reforms) (Rangel); H.R. 5559: Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam); H.R. 5719: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HSA provision); H.R. 6237: Tax Relief for Long-Term Care Act (Courtney); H.R. 7095: Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support (Sandlin) (provisions relating to LTC tax deduction); H.R. 7148: Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act (Johnson) (provisions relating to HSA improvements); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski); S. 1809: Long-Term Care Act (Thune); S. 2237: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley); S. 2835: Health Care Equity Act (DeMint); and S. 3626: Family Retirement and Health Investment Act (Hatch) (provisions relating to HSA improvements). TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues relating to application of rules regarding excise tax reporting; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.
HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued) H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research) (Allen); H.R. 2406: Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act (Gordon); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); H.R. 2638: Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act (provisions relating to high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research funding); H.R. 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act (provisions relating to health care disparaties) (Solis); H.R. 3341: Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) (provisions relating to physician collective bargaining); H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act (Langevin-Shays); H.R. 6357: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act (Dingell-Barton); H.R. 6444: Healthy Americans Act (Wasserman Schultz) (provisions relating to insurance reforms and subsidies); H.R. 6898 Health-e Information Technology Act (Stark) (provisions relating to standards and incentives for health information technology; privacy and security protections); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1456: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy); S. 2041: False Claims Act Amendments (Grassley); S. 3230: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (provisions relating to high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research funding); and S. 3408: Comparative Effectiveness Research. Act (Baucus) and HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, electronic transactions, code sets, and identifiers; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues related to provider conscience requirements; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting, and issues relating to service provider disclosure.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 2642: Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to moratoria on Medicaid regulations); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski); H.R. 5918: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Barrow); H.R. 5923: Patients Health Care Reform Act (Shadegg); H.R. 5955: Making Health Care More Affordable Act (Walberg); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums) (Forbes); H.R. 6081: Heroes Earning Assistance and Relief Tax Act (mental health parity and FSA provisions); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3118: Preserving Access to Medicare Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and electronic prescribing)(Grassley). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including encounter data issues) bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, and audits, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authorization over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
INS (Legislative): H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Slaughter); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 836: Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act (Smith); H.R. 948: Social Security Number Protection Act (Markey); H.R. 958: Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush); H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2851: Michelles Law (Hodes) (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave); H.R. 2948: Increased Access to Health Insurance Act (provisions relating to health coverage for small employers) (Walberg); H.R. 3001: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Pallone); H.R. 3200: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Bean); H.R. 3425: Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney); H.R. 3799: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney); H.R. 3997: Tax Relief Act with MHP Extension (Rangel); H.R. 4460: Health Care Choice Act (provisions relating to health insurance reforms in individual market) (Shadegg); H.R. 4848: Mental Health Parity Extension (Pallone); H.R. 4986: Defense Authorization Act with FMLA provision; H.R. 6357: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment and Easing Communication Through Healthcare Technology (Dingell); S. 40: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 358: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Snowe); S. 400: Michelle's Law (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave) (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu); S. 1758: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Kennedy); S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 2168: Identify Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Leahy); S. 2236: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller); S. 2268: Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar); S. 2477: Health Care Choice Act (DeMint); S. 2706: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials.
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo-Barton) (continued) PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 980: Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act (Feinstein); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and issues related to electronic prescribing requirements.
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued) (TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Boustany); H.R. 3088: Long-Term Care Act (Terry); H.R. 3234: HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (Cantor); H.R. 3306: Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce); H.R. 3363: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act (provisions relating to health care tax credits, COBRA continuation coverage, health insurance reforms) (Rangel); H.R. 5559: Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam); H.R. 5719: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HSA provision); H.R. 6237: Tax Relief for Long-Term Care Act (Courtney); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 555: SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski); S. 1809: Long-Term Care Act (Thune); S. 2237: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley); S. 2835: Health Care Equity Act (DeMint). TAX (Tax) Regulatory: None to report.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo-Barton) (continued) PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 980: Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act (Feinstein); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and issues related to electronic prescribing requirements.
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued) (TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (Boustany); H.R. 3088: Long-Term Care Act (Terry); H.R. 3234: HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (Cantor); H.R. 3306: Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce); H.R. 3363: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act (Rangel); H.R. 5559: Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 555: SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski); S. 1809: Long-Term Care Act (Thune); S. 2237: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley) TAX (Tax) Regulatory: None to report.
HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued) H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (Allen); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); H.R. 2406: Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act (Gordon); H.R. 3341: Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul); H.R.3796: Early Warning and Health Care for Workers Affected by Globalization Act (Miller); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1456: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy) HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, electronic transactions, code sets, and identifiers; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirements; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; and issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting.
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. Con. Res. 70: Budget Resolution; (Conrad); H. Con. Res. 312: Budget Resolution, section 201 (Spratt). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs), grievance and appeals processes, Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs), Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
INS (Legislative):H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Slaughter); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 836: Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act (Smith); H.R. 948: Social Security Number Protection Act (Markey); H.R. 958: Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush); H.R. 979: Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act (Norwood); H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2851: Michelle's Law (Hodes); H.R. 2948: Increased Access to Health Insurance Act (Walberg); S. 40: National Insurance Act (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 358: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Snowe); S. 400: Michelle's Law (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu) INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management.
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued) (TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (Boustany); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 555: SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski) TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act.
HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued) H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (Allen); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy); S. 1710: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; FEHBP community rating policies, including similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirements; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; and issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, UNDETERMINED
INS (Legislative):H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Slaughter); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued)
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 1082: FDA Revitalization Act (Kennedy); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs. PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 2900: FDA Amendments Act (Dingell) (continued)
(TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (Boustany); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 555: SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act (Snowe); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski) TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act. TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued)
MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs), Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology. H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2206: Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.Con.Res. 99: Budget Resolution (Spratt); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage (Baucus); S.Con.Res. 21: Budget Resolution (Conrad) MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued)
H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (Allen); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy); S. 1710: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; FEHBP community rating policies, including similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirements; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; and issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting. HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
HCR (Legislative Issues): H.R. 5: "HEALTH Act" (Gingrey); H.R. 1227: "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act" (Biggert); H.R. 1402: "Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act" (Kennedy-Ramstad); H.R. 2259: "Patients' Bill of Rights Act" (Dingell) (continued) H.R. 2650: "Patient Protection Act" (Norwood); H.R. 3204: "State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act" (Shadegg); H.R. 4157: "Health Information Technology Promotion Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4519: "State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act" (Shadegg); H.R. 4859: "Federal Family Health Information Technology Act" (Porter); H.R. 5559: "Independent Health Record Bank Act"; H.R. 6053: "Health Care Price Transparency Act" (Burgess); S. 4: "Healthy America Act" (Frist); S. 22: "Medical Care Access Protection Act" (Ensign); S. 23: "Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act" (Santorum); S. 288: "State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act" (Gregg); S. 306: "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act" (Snowe); S. 1012: "Patients' Bill of Rights Act" (Kennedy); S. 1262: "Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act" (Frist-Clinton); S. 1337: "Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act" (Enzi-Baucus); S. 1355: "Health Information Technology Quality and Improvement Act" (Enzi-Kennedy); S. 1418: "Wired for Health Care Quality Act" (Enzi); S. 2300: "Lower Prices Reduced with Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs Act" (Stabenow-Lott); S. 2772: "Health Partnership Act" (Voinovich-Bingaman); S. 3454: "Independent Health Record Bank Act" (Brownback); S. 3582: "Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act" (Kohl); S. 3701 "Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act" (Smith-Wyden); S. 3776 "State-Based Health Care Reform Act" (Feingold); and S. 3846 "Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act" (Carper). HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; FEHBP community rating policies, including similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirements; health plan compliance with Executive Order 13224; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; implementation of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) standards; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; and ERISA requirements for benefit plan reporting.
PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 5441: "Homeland Security Appropriations Act" (Rogers) (provision relating to drug importation). PHA (Pharmacy) Regulatory: (see next page) PHA (Pharmacy) Regulatory: Issues relating to medical device recalls, including reporting and reimbursement; issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; and issues relating to access for investigational drugs.
INS (Legislative): H.R. 525: "Small Business Health Fairness Act" (Johnson); H.R. 1745: "Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act" (Shaw) (cont.) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 2355: "Health Care Choice Act" (Shadegg); H.R. 2793: "HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act" (Burgess); H.R. 3997: "Financial Data Protection Act" (LaTourette); H.R. 4127: "Data Accountability and Trust Act" (Cliff Stearns); H.R. 4241: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Nussle); H.R. 5122 "National Defense Authorization Act" (Hunter); H.R. 6175 "Medigap Access Improvement Act" (English); H.R. 6225 "National Insurance Act" (Royce); Draft "SMART Act" (Oxley-Baker); S. 406: "Small Business Health Fairness Act" (Snowe); S. 418 "Military Personnel Financial Protection Act" (Enzi); S. 577: "HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act" (Collins); S. 751: "Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act" (Feinstein); S. 1015: "Health Care Choice Act" (Jim DeMint); S. 1235: "Veterans Benefits Improvement Act" (Craig); S. 1408: "Identity Theft Protection Act" (Gordon Smith); S. 1789: "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act" (Specter) S. 1932: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Gregg); S. 1955: "Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act" (Enzi); S. 2457: "Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act" (Snowe); S. 2509: "National Insurance Act" (Sununu-Johnson); S. 2510: "Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act" (Durbin-Lincoln); S. 3778: "Small Business Authorization and Improvements Act" (Snowe); S. 4025 "Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act" (Specter). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management.
TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 4: "Pension Protection Act" (Boehner); H.R. 37: "Health Insurance Affordability Act" (King); H.R. 976: "Long-Term Care Act" (Lee Terry); H.R. 1872: "Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act" (Johnson); H.R. 1998: FSA Rollovers (McCrery) (see next page) H.R. 4511: "Flex Health Savings Accounts Act" (Cantor); H.R. 5262: "Tax Free Health Savings Act" (Cantor); H.R. 5475: "HSA Accessibility and Portability Act" (Rogers); H.R. 5743: "HSA Improvement and Expansion Act" (Ryan); H.R. 5970: "Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act" (Thomas); H.R. 6111: HSA Provisions: H.R. 6134: Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act (Cantor); S. 309: FSA Rollovers (DeMint); S. 602: "Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act" (Mikulski-Bond); S. 978: "Healthcare Tax Relief for the Uninsured Act" (Santorum); S. 1244: "Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act" (Grassley-Lincoln); S. 1602: "Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act" (Grassley-Bayh-Clinton); S. 1706: "Long-Term Care Act" (Allen); S. 2281: "Aging with Respect and Dignity Act" (Santorum); S. 2397: "Long-Term Care Trust Account Act" (Smith-Lincoln); S. 2424: Increased Contribution Limits for HSAs (Allen); S. 2494: Tax Incentives for HSAs (Burns); S. 2549: "Health Savings Account Affordability Act" (DeMint); S. 2554: "Affordability in the Individual Market Act" (Ensign); S. 2701: Tax Incentives for HSAs (Santorum); and S. 3585: "HSA Improvement and Expansion Act" (Hatch). TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act.
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, UNDETERMINED
MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, and other issues affecting Medicaid health plan operations; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; and implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology. H.R. 4297: “Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act” (Thomas); H.R. 4719: Medicare Advantage Funding (Dingell); H.R. 5166: “Independent Pharmacy Protection Act” (Wicker); H.R. 5399: “Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4939: “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act” (Lewis); H.R. 5647: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Regula); H.R. 5866 "Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act" (Burgess); H.R. 6077: SCHIP Funding (Norwood); H.R. 6098 "Keep Children Covered Act" (Barrow); H.R. 6111: Medicare and Medicaid Provisions; H.R. 6164: SCHIP Funding (Barton); H.Con.Res. 376: Budget Resolution (Nussle); S. 124: Repeal of the Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 1356: “Medicare Value Purchasing Act” (Grassley-Baucus); S. 1778: QI-1 Extension/Ban on Coverage of ED Drugs (Grassley); S. 1932: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Gregg); S. 2255: “Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act” (Feinstein-Collins); S. 2260: Medicare Advantage Funding (Clinton); S. 2354: “Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act” (Nelson-Collins); S. 2409: “Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act” (Smith-Bingaman); S. 2563: “Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act” (Cochran); S. 2664: “Pharmacy Access Improvement Act” (Baucus); S. 2665: “Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act” (Baucus); S. 2810: “Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act” (Grassley-Baucus); S. 3647: "Prescription For Fairness Act" (Dorgan); S. 3897: "Medicare Data Access and Research Act" (Grassley); S. 3900: "Medicare Quality Enhancement Act" (Gregg); S. 3193: "Keep Children Covered Act" (Rockefeller); S. 3972: "Fair-SCHIP Act" (Grassley); S.Con.Res. 83: Budget Resolution (Gregg). MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 3617: “Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act” (Johnson); H.R. 4241: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Nussle) (continued)
INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 2355: “Health Care Choice Act” (Shadegg); H.R. 2793: “HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act” (Burgess); H.R. 3997: “Financial Data Protection Act” (LaTourette); H.R. 4127: “Data Accountability and Trust Act” (Cliff Stearns); H.R. 4241: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Nussle); H.R. 5122 "National Defense Authorization Act" (Hunter); H.R. 6175 "Medigap Access Improvement Act" (English); H.R. 6225 "National Insurance Act" (Royce); Draft “SMART Act” (Oxley-Baker); S. 406: “Small Business Health Fairness Act” (Snowe); S. 418 "Military Personnel Financial Protection Act" (Enzi); S. 577: “HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act” (Collins); S. 751: “Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act” (Feinstein); S. 1015: “Health Care Choice Act” (Jim DeMint); S. 1235: “Veterans Benefits Improvement Act” (Craig); S. 1408: “Identity Theft Protection Act” (Gordon Smith); S. 1789: “Personal Data Privacy and Security Act” (Specter) S. 1932: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Gregg); S. 1955: “Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act” (Enzi); S. 2457: “Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act” (Snowe); S. 2509: “National Insurance Act” (Sununu-Johnson); S. 2510: “Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act” (Durbin-Lincoln); S. 3778: "Small Business Authorization and Improvements Act" (Snowe); S. 4025 "Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act" (Specter). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management. INS (Legislative): H.R. 525: "Small Business Health Fairness Act" (Johnson); H.R. 1745: "Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act" (Shaw) (cont.)
H.R. 4511: “Flex Health Savings Accounts Act” (Cantor); H.R. 5262: “Tax Free Health Savings Act” (Cantor); H.R. 5475: “HSA Accessibility and Portability Act” (Rogers); H.R. 5743: “HSA Improvement and Expansion Act” (Ryan); H.R. 5970: "Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act" (Thomas); H.R. 6111: HSA Provisions: H.R. 6134: Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act (Cantor); S. 309: FSA Rollovers (DeMint); S. 602: “Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act” (Mikulski-Bond); S. 978: “Healthcare Tax Relief for the Uninsured Act” (Santorum); S. 1244: “Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act” (Grassley-Lincoln); S. 1602: “Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act” (Grassley-Bayh-Clinton); S. 1706: “Long-Term Care Act” (Allen); S. 2281: “Aging with Respect and Dignity Act” (Santorum); S. 2397: “Long-Term Care Trust Account Act” (Smith-Lincoln); S. 2424: Increased Contribution Limits for HSAs (Allen); S. 2494: Tax Incentives for HSAs (Burns); S. 2549: “Health Savings Account Affordability Act” (DeMint); S. 2554: “Affordability in the Individual Market Act” (Ensign); S. 2701: Tax Incentives for HSAs (Santorum); and S. 3585: “HSA Improvement and Expansion Act” (Hatch). TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act. TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 4: "Pension Protection Act" (Boehner); H.R. 37: “Health Insurance Affordability Act” (King); H.R. 976: “Long-Term Care Act” (Lee Terry); H.R. 1872: “Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act” (Johnson); H.R. 1998: FSA Rollovers (McCrery) (see next page)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of