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Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS via AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Source: Senate LDA
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
H–1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
H–1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Patients First Act of 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Break Up Big Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Break Up Big Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Flood Insurance Affordability Tax Credit Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
NOPAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
NOPAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE)
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2026 · second_quarter · Q2
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2026 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE)
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2025 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 10073, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024: payment rates H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid
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2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 10073, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024: payment rates H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 10073, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024: payment rates H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase
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2024 · third_quarter · Q3
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase
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2024 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
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2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching
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2022 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts Medical Controlled Substances Transportation 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline
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2022 · third_quarter · Q3
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts Medical Controlled Substances Transportation 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research
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2022 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care
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2022 · first_quarter · Q1
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts Medical Controlled Substances Transportation 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20
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2021 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard
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2021 · third_quarter · Q3
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: Pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20
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2021 · second_quarter · Q2
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision
S. 3548, CARES Act: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; Practice Support/Grants to Practice S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: Foreign physician immigration status H.R. 3021, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Medical liability Public Law No: 116-142, Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: Pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 4122, Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief H.R. 2418, Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management COVID-19: Increased supply of PPE and ventilators, funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Centre for Clinical and Applied Services Provision Research
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2021 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) S.2157, Rural Hospital Sustainability Act: CMMI payment model to rural hospitals H.R.1763, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019:residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019: Medicare for All H.R. 4056, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019: audiology H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment H.R. 8702, Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020: payment H.R. 8756, COVID Health Care Provider Assurance Act of 2020: payment H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act: Medicare sequester, PAYGO Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare) Ambulatory Surgery Center Critical Care and Anesthesia Services Payment Reform: Increase payments for anesthesia and critical care services for Medicare COVID patients Prescription Drug Management Programs: Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Public Option
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S.3548, CARES Act: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: Foreign physician immigration status H.R. 7059, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Liability protection for healthcare providers Public Law No: 116-142, Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 S.3201, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Letter to Congressional Leadership regarding Fentanyl S.2723, Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act: reducing drug shortages H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.4349, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: physician health Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management COVID-19: Increased supply of PPE and ventilators, Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, Scope of Practice (Waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Centre for Clinical and Applied Services Provision Research
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2020 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) S.2157, Rural Hospital Sustainability Act: CMMI payment model to rural hospitals H.R.1763, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019:residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019: Medicare for All H.R. 4056, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019: audiology H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare) Ambulatory Surgery Center Critical Care and Anesthesia Services Payment Reform: Increase payments for anesthesia and critical care services for Medicare COVID patients Prescription Drug Management Programs: Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Public Option
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2020 · second_quarter · Q2
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
S.3548, CARES Act: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 7059, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Liability protection for healthcare providers Public Law No: 116-142, Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 S.3201, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Letter to Congressional Leadership regarding Fentanyl Surprise Medical Bills S.2723, Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act: reducing drug shortages H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management COVID-19: Increased supply of PPE and ventilators,Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, Scope of Practice (Waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Immigration: Foreign physician immigration status
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2020 · first_quarter · Q1
S.3548, CARES Act: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3201, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Letter to Congressional Leadership regarding Fentanyl Surprise Medical Bills S.2723, Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act: reducing drug shortages H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Immigration: Foreign Physician Immigration Status COVID-19: Increased supply of PPE and ventilators,Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, Scope of Practice (Waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration)
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2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019: Medicare for All H.R. 4056, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019: audiology H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare)
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2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2019 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 5734, Resident Education Deferred Interest Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and Opioid abuse; Brain health
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 5734, Resident Education Deferred Interest Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and Opioid abuse; Brain health
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2018 · third_quarter · Q3
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2018 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2018 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and Opioid abuse; Brain health
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2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2017 · third_quarter · Q3
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2017 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017
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2017 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act S.2279, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 4134, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 6277, To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses Proposed Rule AP-44 Advanced Practice Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R.3014, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act of 2016 H.R. 1725, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act S. 2873, Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
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2016 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act S.2279, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 4134, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 6277, To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses Proposed Rule AP-44 Advanced Practice Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R.3014, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act of 2016 H.R. 1725, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
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2016 · second_quarter · Q2
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act S.2279, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 4134, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R. 1152, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S.621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 H.R. 1455, Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 H.R.3014, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act of 2016 H.R. 1725, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)
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2016 · first_quarter · 1A
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act S.2279, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 4134, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R. 1152, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S.621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 H.R. 1455, Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 H.R.3014, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act of 2016 H.R. 1725, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Pediatric Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding
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2016 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act S.2279, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 4134, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R. 1152, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S.621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 H.R. 1455, Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 H.R.3014, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act of 2016 H.R. 1725, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Pediatric Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding
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2015 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act S.2279, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act H.R. 4134, Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R. 1152, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S.621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 H.R. 1455, Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 H.R.3014, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Pediatric Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy National All Schedules Prescription Reporting Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding
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2015 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 S.297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R. 1152, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S.621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 H.R. 1455 Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Pediatric Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy National All Schedules Prescription Reporting Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding
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2015 · second_quarter · Q2
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H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 S. 624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 S. 141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015: Rural Pass Through Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled Payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Date Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education cuts; GME reform HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
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2015 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 1455, Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 S. 297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 H.R. 1247, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 H.R. 1741 Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 1552, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S. 621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to states regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses and Competition in Healthcare Propofol shortage - European Union export restrictions Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA Patient Prescriber working group Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia ESI- Epidural Steroid Injections National All Schedules Prescription Reporting Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 547, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1331, Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S. 2110, MEdicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S. 2157, Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provide Payment Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013; Sustainable Growth Rate S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013 S. 1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB S. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE); payment S. 313, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE); payment Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Anesthesia Rural Pass Through Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled Payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Date Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry
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2014 · third_quarter · Q3
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H.R. 574, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1331, Electronic Health Records Improvement ActS.2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S.2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S.2157, Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013; Sustainable Growth Rate S.1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013 S.1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB S.351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Anesthesia Rural Pass Through Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injectionsCMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry
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2014 · second_quarter · Q2
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H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1173, Palliative Care Bill H.R. 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act of 2013 H.R. 4106, Saving Lives, Saving CostsDrug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to States regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses Propofol Shortage - European Union Export Restrictions Compounding USPScope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA SEDASYS FDA Patient Prescriber working group Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS
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2014 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1173, Palliative Care Bill H.R. 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act of 2013 H.R. 4106, Saving Lives, Saving CostsDrug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to States regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses Propofol Shortage - European Union Export RestrictionsScope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA SEDASYS FDA Patient Prescriber working group Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS H.R. 1150, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013
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2013 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1173, Palliative Care Bill H.R. 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act of 2013Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to States regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses Propofol Shortage - European Union Export RestrictionsScope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA SEDASYS FDA Patient Prescriber working group FDA Sedation Initiative Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse
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2013 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook"
H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act H.R. 1173, Palliative Care BillDrug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee PPACA Nondiscrimination language regarding paraprofessionals - repeal DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to States regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice NursesScope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA SEDASYS FDA Patient Prescriber working group FDA Sedation Initiative Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date FDA Opioid Labeling FDA Sugammadex Prescription Opioids and Pain Residency Act FDA Workshop on Opioid Conversion Hydrocodone HHS AIDE Action Plan
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Change Healthcare data breach Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 4330, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health emergencies H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts Medical Controlled Substances Transportation 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Milcon VA Annual Appropriations VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts Medical Controlled Substances Transportation 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule 2020 & 2021 CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Ambulatory Surgery Center Prescription Drug Management Programs Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment H.R. 8756, COVID Health Care Provider Assurance Act of 2020: payment H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act: Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 1976, Medicare for All Act of 2021: Medicare for All/Public Option H.R. 1227, Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021: Medicare for All/Public Option S. 386, Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021: Medicare for All/Public Option H.R. 3775, State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021: Medicare for All/Public Option H.R. 2010, Public Option Deficit Reduction Act: Medicare for All/Public Option S. 1279, Medicare at 50 Act: Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule 2020 & 2021 CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare) Ambulatory Surgery Center Critical Care and Anesthesia Services Payment Reform: Increase payments for anesthesia and critical care services for Medicare COVID patients Prescription Drug Management Programs Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
S.3548, CARES Act: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: Foreign physician immigration status H.R. 7059, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Liability protection for healthcare providers Public Law No: 116-142, Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 S.3201, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Letter to Congressional Leadership regarding Fentanyl S.2723, Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act: reducing drug shortages H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.4349, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: physician health Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents H.R.842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management COVID-19: Increased supply of PPE and ventilators, Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, Scope of Practice (Waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Centre for Clinical and Applied Services Provision Research
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) S.2157, Rural Hospital Sustainability Act: CMMI payment model to rural hospitals H.R.1763, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019:residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019: Medicare for All H.R. 4056, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019: audiology H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment H.R. 8702, Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020: payment H.R. 8756, COVID Health Care Provider Assurance Act of 2020: payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare) Ambulatory Surgery Center Critical Care and Anesthesia Services Payment Reform: Increase payments for anesthesia and critical care services for Medicare COVID patients Prescription Drug Management Programs: Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Public Option
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
S.3548, CARES Act: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic; Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: Foreign physician immigration status H.R. 7059, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Liability protection for healthcare providers Public Law No: 116-142, Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 S.3201, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Letter to Congressional Leadership regarding Fentanyl S.2723, Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act: reducing drug shortages H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Outside Witness Testimony Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management COVID-19: Increased supply of PPE and ventilators, Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, Scope of Practice (Waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) S.2157, Rural Hospital Sustainability Act: CMMI payment model to rural hospitals H.R.1763, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019:residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019: Medicare for All H.R. 4056, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019: audiology H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare) Ambulatory Surgery Center Increase payments for anesthesia and critical care services for Medicare COVID patients
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019: Medicare for All H.R. 4056, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019: audiology H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition (Trumpcare) Ambulatory Surgery Center
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Surprise Medical Bills S.2723, Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act: reducing drug shortages H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: Krishnamoorthi amdt on drug shortages H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019: pre-authorization S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Surprise Medical Bills H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R. 5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 H.R. 1554, REDI Act: student loan debt repayment for residents 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and opioid abuse; Brain health Anesthesiologist Assistants
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018: Opioids H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioids H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act: Medicare for All, payment Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R.5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and Opioid abuse; Brain health
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 5761, Ending Maternal Mortality Act of 2018: Maternal mortality H.R. 5718, Perioperative Reduction of Opioids Act: Opioids H.R.5197, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S. 2516, Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids S.2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Medically assisted treatment; opioids H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R. 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing S.2260, Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative ACT:opioids 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration Opioids and Opioid abuse; Brain health
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 2550, Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Department of Labor Health and Human Services funding - out of network payment Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS 45 CFR Parts 147, 155, and 156, PPACA; Market Stabilization rule CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R., 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care H.R.3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Sequestration
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017 VA Physician/Provider Hiring
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 S. Amdt. 1030 to H.R. 1628, "Graham-Cassidy" Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R., 3446, Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017: Professional Licensing 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Surgeon General of the United States nominee Jerome Adams
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations H.R.1783, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2017
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S.1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (PL 114-198) Affordable Care Act reform efforts H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 H.R. 1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS - pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Surgeon General of the United States nominee Jerome Adams
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Rural Anesthesiology Out of Network Billing Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook" Milcon VA Annual Appropriations
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 3770, End Surprise Billing Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 3770, End Surprise Billing Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Sunshine Act Implementation Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act (PL 114-10) H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act H.R. 1470, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 S.810, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act H.R. 1470, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 S.810, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act H.R. 1470, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 S.810, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1741, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHP Reauthorization Act H.R. 1470, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 S.810, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2015 Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S.141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 2138, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 S.624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Screening Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 1247, Improving Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR- Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1455, Speeding Access to Already Improved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015 S. 297, Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 H.R. 1247, Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 H.R. 1741 Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015 H.R. 1552, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2015 S. 621, Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2015 H.R. 2603, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act: Medical Liability 21st Century Cures Initiative Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to states regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses and Competition in Healthcare Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA Patient Prescriber working group Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS pediatric anesthesia research USP - US Pharmacopeia ESI- Epidural Steroid Injections National All Schedules Prescription Reporting Nondiscrimination FDA Sugammadex Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook"
H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 810, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 887, Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 S. 679, Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2015 H.R. 1220, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 S. 624, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 S. 141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 Hospital Improvements for Payment Act Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Anesthesia Rural Pass Through Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled Payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injections CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Date Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education cuts; GME reform HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1171, Palliative Care Bill H.R. 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act of 2013 H.R. 4106, Saving Lives, Saving Costs H.R. 1150, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 H.R. 3116, MODERN Cures Act (21st Century Cures) H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act Drug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to states regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses Propofol shortage - European Union export restrictions Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA Patient Prescriber working group Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS USP - US Pharmacopeia ESI- Epidural Steroid Injections
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook"
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1173, Palliative Care Bill H.R. 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act of 2013 H.R. 4106, Saving Lives, Saving CostsDrug Shortages - FDA, DEA, HHS, CMS, GAO, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Senate HELP Committee DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Proposed Federal CME requirements by ONDCP FTC Letters to States regarding Interventional Pain Medicine and Advanced Practice Nurses Propofol Shortage - European Union Export RestrictionsScope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA FDA SEDASYS FDA Patient Prescriber working group Naloxone ICD-10-CM/PCS and proposed delay of implementation date HHS AIDE Action Plan FDA Opioids Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee FDA SMART TOTS H.R. 1150, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 H.R.3116 MODERN Cures Act (21st Century Cures) USP- US Pharmacopeia
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 574, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1331, Electronic Health Records Improvement ActS.2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S.2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S.2157, Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013; Sustainable Growth Rate S.1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013 S.1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB S.351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB H.R. 4695, To Ammend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add sleep apnea screening to the initial preventive physical examination under the Medicare program Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injectionsCMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA E-Prescribing
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook"
H.R. 574, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1331, Electronic Health Records Improvement ActS.2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S.2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S.2157, Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013; Sustainable Growth Rate S.1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013 S.1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB S.351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Anesthesia Rural Pass Through Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injectionsCMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 574, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1331, Electronic Health Records Improvement ActH.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013; Sustainable Growth Rate S.1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013 S.1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB S.351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Anesthesia Rural Pass Through Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS decision to decrease values of interlaminar epidural injectionsCMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts Medicare Local Coverage Determinations HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses - "VHA Nursing Handbook"
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
H.R. 574, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act H.R. 1427, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013 H.R. 1331, Electronic Health Records Improvement ActH.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act S.1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB S.351, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act; IPAB Budget Control Act of 2011: P.L. 112-25 Anesthesia Rural Pass Through Reform of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate - House Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means proposal Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate repeal Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule RuleCMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule CMS Proposed Rule on Sunshine Act CMS Reporting and Returning of Overpayments Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation President Obama's deficit reduction plans, IPAB cuts Accountable Care Organizations Graduate Medical Education Cuts Medicare Local Coverage Determinations HHS Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Rules 2011 - Conditions of Participation Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling- Medicare sequestration E-Prescribing
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)