AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
Lobbying for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
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CHARLOTTE ESTELA PINEDAPreviously held: US Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee US Senator Roger Marshall, MD (KS) US Representative Roger Marshall, MD (KS-01) US Representative Chris Collins (NY-27) US Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08)
S. 1390/H.R.2191, Physician-Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act: To revise certain physician self-referral exemptions relating to physician-owned hospitals. S. 1640, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act: Io increase support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 1816/H.R.3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025: Prior authorization reform in Medicare Advantage S. 2439/H.R.3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act: Medicare funding for medical residency training. S. 2903/H.R.5509, Safe Step Act: To amend ERISA to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. H.R. 4331, Access to Claims Data Act: To establish a process to expand access to claims data under certain Federal health plans in order to facilitate research and quality improvement. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: To provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index. H.R. 7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act: To delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule. H.R. 8163, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026: Modifying Medicare's budget neutrality rules under the Medicare physician fee schedule. No Bill: Urging Congress to prevent funding for the proposed CMMI Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model in the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program, which expandsprior authorization to traditional Medicare. No Bill: Urging Congress to modify MACRA to improve physician payment under the Medicare program, including improvements to the quality payment program.
FY 2027 Appropriations: Funding for NIH, CDC injury prevention programs, telehealth flexibilities, APM incentive payments and Medicare Advantage enforcement reforms, firearms research
S. 2420/H.R. 4710, the No Surprises Enforcement Act: To increase penalties for group health plans, health insurance issuers, and nonparticipating providers or facilities for practices that violate balance billing requirements