Discussions pertinent to health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) role in helping to prevent drug shortages


Monitored Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act (draft legislation)

Monitored executive branch implementation of policy proposals, including those on POH, set forth in the Reforming Americas Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition report (12-3-18) 

Monitored implementation of Sec. 6001 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 related to physician-owned hospitals HR 1384 Medicare for All Act of 2019 (all sections of full text)

Monitored H.R. 275 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019

Monitored HR 2000 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019
Monitored 981 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019

Monitored S 470 Medicare at 50 Act

Monitored HR 1301 The Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act of 2019 

Monitored HR 1559 The 340B Protection and Accountability Act of 2019 

Monitored HR 1332 The Fair Care Act of 2019 

Monitored HR 861 The End Surprise Billing Act of 2019 

Monitored the Administrations FY 2020 budget proposal (sections pertaining to Medicare payment modifications and Medicaid block grants to the states)

Monitored proposed reduction on the amount of Medicare bad debt/uncompensated care payments to hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries who fail to pay their cost-sharing obligations for treatments provided by the hospital

Monitored Medicare outpatient site neutral proposal rates
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