• Issues impacting the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. No Surprises Act implementation H.R. 2474, the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act H.R. 6371, the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2023 American Rescue Plan implementation Inflation Reduction Act implementation Administrative Burden Reduction Prior Authorization reforms Claims Attachment Standard Healthcare Workforce Issues Value-based payments Local Coverage Determination and National Coverage Determination legislation
• Healthcare billing and coding issues HIPAA Privacy and Security HIPAA Administrative Simplification EFT Fees Virtual Credit Card fees No Surprises Act Implementation COVID-19 PHE Waivers Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act Lower Costs, More Transparency Act H.R.6487/S.3805, the No Fees for EFTs Act Cybersecurity related to the Change Healthcare cyberattack Financial relief for medical practices due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues

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

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Y Y Centers for Medicare and Medicaid National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Y Y Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics