IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Medicare/Medicaid

HR 7110: Job Creation & Unemployment Relief Act of 2008, Title III, Temporary increase in FMAP. HR 2583: Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008, provisions relating to hospitals. HR 6912: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3300: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3582: Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6966: Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 7067: Quality FIRST Act of 2008, provisions relating to hospitals and value-based purchasing. S 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008, sections relating to hospitals, rural health clinics, hospices. HR 6873: Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3484: Hospice Protection Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6652: Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, section 512, mental health parity. HR 1343: Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008, section 3: National Health Service Corps., section 7: Revision of Timeframe for RHCs. S 3367: Rural Health Clinic bill to revise the timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics under the Medicare program, entire bill. HR 6699: Health Security for All Americans Act of 2008, section 105 involving improvements to MDH program; section 106 involving payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals. S 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act, provisions related to hospitals. HR 6898: Health-e Information Technology Act, provisions related to hospitals. HR 6867: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, provisions related to hospitals. S 3507: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, provisions related to hospitals. HR 6357: PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008, provisions related to hospitals. HR 1823: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007, entire bill. S 2250: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007, entire bill. HR 800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007, entire bill. S 1041: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007, entire bill. Other Issues: CAH conditions of participation, section 485.635 Healthcare reform Value-based purchasing, including Grassley/Baucus VBP discussion drafts Guidance for clinical integration Electronic health records and Health IT Payment updates for physicians and hospital inpatient/outpatient services CMS DME and oxygen payment rules Self-referral and physician-owned hospitals HHS provider conscience regulations Capital IME CMS guidelines related to use of providers contracted through a locum service CMS recovery audit contractor program Wage index reclassification ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS medical data code sets