Monitored implementation of the Affordable Care Act HR 1156 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)
S 1133 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)

HR 277 American Health Care Reform Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)

Discussions seeking guidance to minimize supply chain shortages for areas hit by natural disasters

Monitored S 297 Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act 
Monitored HR 749 Lower Drug Costs through Competition Act

Monitored HR 208 Ensuring Health Care Opportunities Act 

Monitored S 1115 Making Pharmaceutical Markets More Competitive Act
Monitored HR 2562 Making Pharmaceutical Markets More Competitive Act

Monitored S 191 Patient Freedom Act of 2017

Monitored S 761 Health Care Options Act of 2017
Monitored HR 1933 Health Care Options Act of 2017

Monitored HR 1628 American Health Care Act of 2017

Monitored Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act 2017 (proposed Alexander-Murray legislation)

Monitored The Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 (proposed Collins-Nelson legislation)

Monitored S 2312 Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment (HELP) Act

Monitored politically appointed Senate-confirmed positions

Monitored PL 115-141 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Monitored HR 4191 HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act

Monitored HR 4710 340B PAUSE Act

Monitored H.R.4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes Discussions pertaining to budget sequestration limits on Medicare spending

Discussions involving nominations to federally authorized commissions

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


Monitored HR 1130 Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017

Monitored S 41 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
Monitored HR 242 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 Monitored implementation of PL 115-97 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Discussions related to federal natural disaster assistance for hospitals and The Stafford Act

Monitored discussions pertaining to the President's FY2019 HHS Budget
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