Lobbying Relationship

Client

Missouri Hospital Association

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  • See Next Page for Narrative.Promote a resolution between The Higher Learning Commissions accreditation standards and Medicare nursing school payment requirements; The criteria used to designate critical access hospitals under the Medicare program; Extension of temporary restrictions of the authority of Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audit Contractors to conduct reviews of Part A inpatient admissions based on the two midnight standard; Potential implementation of recommendations of the DHHS Office of Inspector General regarding changes to the designation of critical access hospitals; H.R.1250/S. 1012, The Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, all sections; CMS' continuation of quarterly meetings with representatives of state hospital associations; Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Missouri hospitals; Support for the Senate Finance Committee amendment (Enzi) adding S. 183 (Hospital Fairness Act) to S. Con. Res. 8 (Budget Resolution) and opposed Senate Finance Committee Amendment 0651 to S. Con. Res. 8 (Menendez); The requirements of the federal EMTALA law on hospital emergency departments; Support for The Hospital Payment Fairness Act (S. 183/H.R. 2053);

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General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $465,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Defense - Dept of (DOD)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1250: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

S.1012: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

S.183: Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2053: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply budget...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.986: Rural Health Clinic Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

H.R.1787: Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

H.R.5943: Rural Hospital Access Act of 2012

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

S.2620: Rural Hospital Access Act of 2012

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5651: Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.5707: Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-Pa.)

H.R.2245: Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.296: Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3839: Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2012

Sponsor: John Carney (D-Del.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.10: Family Economic Success Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.1398: Rural Hospital Protection Act

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

H.R.1363: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2381: Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.362: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009

Sponsor: Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa)

S.318: Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.307: Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.668: Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.628: Conrad State 30 Improvement Act

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

S.1279: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)

H.R.3256: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

S.1157: Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.444: 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.1099: Patients' Choice Act

Sponsor: Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.1127: To extend certain immigration programs.

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.4105: Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.3118: Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.2642: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: Chet Edwards (D-Texas)

H.R.3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1376: 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.2606: 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.543: Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007

Sponsor: Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)

H.R.1459: To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent...

Sponsor: John Tanner (D-Tenn.)

S.2773: Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.6089: Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.5574: To prohibit the transport of hydrolysate from the Pueblo Chemical Depot,...

Sponsor: John Salazar (D-Colo.)

S.630: Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)

H.R.1563: Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Barrow (D-Ga.)

H.R.2159: Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.1177: Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Tanner (D-Tenn.)

S.2381: Medicare Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007

Sponsor: Ken Salazar (D-Colo.)

S.2499: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3533: Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

S.2460: A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule...

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.2786: Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.3963: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.2221: Transparency in Medical Device Pricing Act of 2007

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008

Sponsor: Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)

S.2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

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