Discussions pertinent to the proposed reduction in the amount of Medicare bad debt payments to hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries who fail to pay their cost-sharing obligations for treatments provided by the hospital

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

Issues involving nominations to federally authorized commissions


Monitored H.R. 2646, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015
Monitored S. 1893 Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2015

Monitored the delay of the HHS/CMS 'Two-Midnight' rule-making process 

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 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)


Monitored potential legislation on the improvement, effectiveness and efficiency of electronic health records and health information technology for doctors, patients and hospitals.

Monitored S. 2615 Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act; discussions regarding price escalation of certain orphan or generic drugs

Monitored discussions that would result in additional federal regulation of Group Purchasing Organizations

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

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

Monitored S. 524 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
Monitored H.R. 953 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 P.L. 114-113 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; discussion pertaining to task force member selection process
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