Site-neutral payment policy proposals, including the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378), Telehealth Modernization Act of 2023 (H.R. 7623), Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Cuts, including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4366).
Duration: June 1, 2022
to
present
General Issues: Health Issues
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Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Lobbyists
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Disclosures Filed
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1st Quarter, 2024
In Q1, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on April 22.
Original Filing: 301573184.xml
Lobbying Issues
Site-neutral payment policy proposals, including the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378), Telehealth Modernization Act of 2023 (H.R. 7623), Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Cuts, including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4366).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2023
In Q4, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on Jan. 10.
Original Filing: 301523199.xml
Lobbying Issues
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 (H.R. 5159/S. 2137)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2023
In Q3, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on Oct. 20, 2023.
Original Filing: 301509698.xml
Lobbying Issues
Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information (H.R. ____); To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote transparency of common ownership interests under Parts C and D of the Medicare Program (H.R. ____); To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for parity in Medicare payments for hospital outpatient department services furnished off-campus (H.R. ____); To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require payment for all hospital-owned physician offices located off-campus be paid in accordance with the applicable payment system for the items and services furnished (H.R. ____); To amend XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site neutral payments under the Medicare program for certain services furnished in ambulatory settings (H.R. ____); To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identification number on claims for services, and to require hospitals with an outpatient department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each outpatient department (H.R. ____); To phase out certain services designated as inpatient-only services under the Medicare program (H.R. ____); Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 (H.R. 3561); To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program (H.R. 3290); Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584); Doctors of Community (DOC) Act (H.R. 2569); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Transparent PRICE Act (H.R. 2691); Transparent PRICE Act (H.R. 3281); Expanded Telehealth Access Act (H.R. 3875); Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023 (H.R. 2411); Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act (H.R. 2665); Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (S. 1302).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2023
In Q2, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on July 18, 2023.
Original Filing: 301480147.xml
Lobbying Issues
Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related ownership information (H.R. ____); To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote transparency of common ownership interests under Parts C and D of the Medicare Program (H.R. ____); To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for parity in Medicare payments for hospital outpatient department services furnished off-campus (H.R. ____); To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require payment for all hospital-owned physician offices located off-campus be paid in accordance with the applicable payment system for the items and services furnished (H.R. ____); To amend XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for site neutral payments under the Medicare program for certain services furnished in ambulatory settings (H.R. ____); To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identification number on claims for services, and to require hospitals with an outpatient department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each outpatient department (H.R. ____); To phase out certain services designated as inpatient-only services under the Medicare program (H.R. ____); Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023 (H.R. 3561); To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program (H.R. 3290); Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584); Doctors of Community (DOC) Act (H.R. 2569); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Transparent PRICE Act (H.R. 2691); Transparent PRICE Act (H.R. 3281); Expanded Telehealth Access Act (H.R. 3875); Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023 (H.R. 2411); Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act (H.R. 2665); Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (S. 1302).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
1st Quarter, 2023
In Q1, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on April 10, 2023.
Original Filing: 301450043.xml
Lobbying Issues
Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2022
In Q4, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on Jan. 9, 2023.
Original Filing: 301425695.xml
Lobbying Issues
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328); Area Wage Index for Post-Acute Providers; Medicare Sequestration; PAYGO Sequestration; Preserving Access to Home Health Act (H.R. 8581/S. 4605); Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053/S. 3792); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 7744); Supporting Medicare Providers Act (H.R. 8800); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (H.R. 7666); Improving Trauma Systems and Emergency Care Act (H.R. 8163/S. 3566); Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act (H.R. 7961); Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act (H.R. 4040); ALTO Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4846/S. 2538); Value in Health Care Act (H.R. 4587); Mental Health Justice Act of 2022 (H.R. 8542/S. 515); Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program (CMS-4201-P); Programs; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations (CMS-0057-P); Hospital IPPS and ASC Rule (CMS-1773-FC); CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1770-F); CY 2023 Home Health PPS (CMS-1766-F); Implementing Certain Provisions of the CSA 2021 (CMS-4199-F); Hospital IPPS Rule (CMS-1771-F).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2022
In Q3, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on Nov. 1, 2022.
Original Filing: 301421628.xml
Lobbying Issues
Medicare Area Wage Index - New Brunswick-Lakewood CBSA (CMS-1752-F); CY 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (CMS-1766-P); FY 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (CMS-1771-P); FY 2023 Hospice Wage Index (CMS-1773-P).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2022
In Q2, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Visiting Nurse Association Health Group . The report was filed on July 11, 2022.
Original Filing: 301378631.xml
Lobbying Issues
Medicare Area Wage Index - New Brunswick-Lakewood CBSA (CMS-1752-F); CY 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (CMS-1766-P); FY 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (CMS-1771-P); FY 2023 Hospice Wage Index (CMS-1773-P).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2022
Washington Strategic Consulting filed a lobbying registration on June 1, 2022 to represent Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, effective June 1, 2022.
Original Filing: 301376040.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Advocate for payment reduction mitigation policy for home health and hospice services. .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate
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