HCA HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Health Issues

HR976, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2015 (All sections of full text) HR2513:Promoting Access, Competition and Equity Act of 2015 or the PACE Act of 2015 (All sections of full text) S.2511 Improving Health Information Technology Act - Discussions involving new HHS/OCR HIPAA guidance to providers for release of information(ROI) Discussions involving nominations to federally authorized commissions 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 HR776 Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 Monitored Hatch white paper examining potential reforms to the Stark Law Monitored HR2300 Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 Monitored P.L. 114-198 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Monitored HR 4784 Lower Drug Costs through Competition Act Monitored H.R.6 21st Century Cures Act; discussions pertaining to hospital reimbursement reductions

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Medicare/Medicaid

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 HR1190, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) S141, 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 HR2646, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) S.1893 Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) Monitored the HHS/CMS 'Two-Midnight' rule-making process and decision on inpatient payments Monitored HR1083, Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2015 (All sections of full text) Monitored HR4273 Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015; monitored the lowering of Medicare outpatient site neutral proposals Monitored HR4428 Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 Monitored HR5273 Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 Monitored HR 5547 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2016