Monitored P.L. 114-254 Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R.976, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015 (all sections of full text)
H.R. 2513: Promoting Access, Competition, and Equity Act of 2015 or the PACE Act of 2015 (all sections of full text)

S. 2511 Improving Health Information Technology Act; discussions involving new HHS/OCR HIPAA guidance to providers for release of information(ROI)

Discussions involving White House Cancer research task force initiative  

Discussions involving potential reform of health care delivery and payment systems implemented by The Affordable Care Act



Monitored P.L. 114-255 To accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures, and for other purposes (all sections of full text)

Monitored H.R. 4784 Lower Drug Costs through Competition Act
Monitored S. 2615 Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act; discussions regarding price escalation of certain orphan or generic drugs

Monitored H.R. 776 Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 

Monitored Hatch white paper examining potential reforms to the Stark Law

Monitored H.R. 2300 Empowering Patients First Act of 2015

Monitored P.L. 114-198 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Monitored H.R. 6018 Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act 
Monitored S. 3320 Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act 

Monitored S. 3326 State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act H.R.1190, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) 
S.141, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) 

S. 2680 Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (all sections of full text)(support)
S.1945 Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 (all sections of full text)(support)



Monitored the HHS/CMS 'Two-Midnight' rule-making process and decision on inpatient payments 

Monitored H.R.1083, Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) 

Monitored H.R. 4273 Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015; monitored the lowering of Medicare outpatient site neutral rate proposals

Monitored H.R. 4428 Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016

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

Monitored H.R. 5547 Heath Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2016
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