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Texas Health Resources

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CAPITOL DECISIONS, INC.

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  • Hospital related issues and initiatives Hospital related issues, general monitoring Graduate Medical Education (GME)
  • Implementation of surprise billing legislation (No Surprises Act of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act PL 116-260) General monitoring on Not-for-profit hospitals charity care and community benefits; Medicare payment issues; Health care reform, Hospital related issues and initiatives. Monitor generally as follows: H.R.7053/S.3792, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act H.R.2256/S.834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act H.R.1364, Parity Enforcement Act
  • H.R.3173/S.3018, Improving SeniorsTimely Access to Care Act of 2021, Issues related to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement H.R.8580, The LTCH Access and Stability Act, Issues related to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement Medicaid 1115 Waiver Extending relief from the 2% Medicare sequester cut
  • General monitoring on Not-for-profit hospitals charity care and community benefits

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $2,380,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Treasury - Dept of, Y Y Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Y Y Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of the Treasury

Bills mentioned

H.R.3358: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1771: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5926: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.3040: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.4872: Save for Success Act

Sponsor: Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

S.688: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act...

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.5273: Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.3020: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.1314: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

H.R.4872: Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act of 2014

Sponsor: Rob Woodall (R-Ga.)

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

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

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

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

H.R.1326: Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.1920: DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

H.R.1180: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

S.2110: Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4188: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act

Sponsor: Jim Renacci (R-Ohio)

H.R.3776: Stark Administrative Simplification Act

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.4015: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.J.RES.59: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.4872: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain non-toric shaped polarized...

Sponsor: John Campbell (R-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.2017: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.2608: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.3686: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.914: Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.1468: Medical Justice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.936: National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

S.733: National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.391: Healthy Americans Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.193: AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

H.R.2251: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

S.973: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

S.1640: Take Back Your Health Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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

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

H.R.6005: Ensuring Equality for Early EHR Adoption Act of 2010

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.3708: Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010

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

H.R.6072: Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010

Sponsor: Zack Space (D-Ohio)

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

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

S.1239: 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009

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

H.R.2124: Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.)

S.935: Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009

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

H.R.1776: Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology)...

Sponsor: Jason Altmire (D-Pa.)

S.301: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.5712: Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

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.2273: Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

S.1031: National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.3135: Global Health Care Cooperation Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.2536: Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act

Sponsor: Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

S.829: Patriot Employers Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.989: Eagle Employers Act

Sponsor: Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.)

S.914: Cures Acceleration Network and National Institutes of Health...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.1788: Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

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

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

S.3491: Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2010

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

H.R.5527: Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2010

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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

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

S.54: Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2009

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

H.R.3293: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

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

H.R.3288: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: John W. Olver (D-Mass.)

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

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

H.R.2: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.1105: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

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

S.3230: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.882: Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

H.R.1093: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

S.588: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

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

Sponsor: Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)

H.R.1376: Medicaid Foster Care Coverage Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.)

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

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

H.R.5544: Patients and Public Health Partnership Act of 2008

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

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

S.1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.2319: National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2007

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

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

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

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

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

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

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

S.1083: Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1930: SKIL Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Shadegg (R-Ariz.)

H.R.3726: Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017

Sponsor: Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)

S.1850: Protecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3545: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

S.2051: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.4206: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

H.R.4392: To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital...

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

S.1301: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2267: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

Sponsor: Kay Granger (R-Texas)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2282: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

S.966: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.3630: No Surprises Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.5826: Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.7053: Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

S.3792: Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.2256: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

S.834: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.1364: Parity Enforcement Act of 2021

Sponsor: Donald W. Norcross (D-N.J.)

H.R.3173: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)

S.3018: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

H.R.8580: The LTCH Access and Stability Act

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

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Holly Merbaum Strain n/a
Holly Merbaum n/a
Holly Merbaum Strain (FormerMerbaum) n/a
Holly Merbaum Strain (Formerly Merbaum) n/a
H. Stewart Van Scoyoc n/a
Gwen O'Brien n/a

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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