HCA HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

P.L. 114-113 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016; discussions pertaining to task force member selection process

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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) Monitored potential legislation on the improvement, effectiveness and efficiency of electronic health records and health information technology for doctors, patients and hospitals. Monitored HR776 Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 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 HR2300 Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 Monitored S.524 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 Monitored HR953 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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) Monitored delay of the HHS/CMS 'Two-Midnight' rule-making process Monitored HR2646, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 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) Monitored S.1893 Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2015 Monitored HR1083, Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2015 (All sections of full text) Issues involving nominations to federally authorized commissions 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