NOIA MORSE

Health care quality; physician and hospital quality; health care innovation; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/health care reform implementation; unique device identifier policy and post-market surveillance for medical devices; clinical trial design; HIPAA and registries; federal funding/appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA and the Childrens Hospital Graduate Medical Education payment program, the Prevention & Public Health Fund, medical research, and prevention; research and scholarly communication policy; implementation and oversight of 21st Century Cures Act; data blocking/interoperability of electronic data; artificial intelligence/machine learning; algorithm transparency; health disparities; reduction/oversight of prior authorization and other administrative burdens; digital health; Sect. 1557 Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; cardiomyopathy education and awareness; peripheral arterial disease (PAD) education and awareness; VA Mission Act implementation; COVID-19 and implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act , the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, and clinician mental health and wellbeing; patient identification; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness; MCIT/TCET/Breakthrough devices; Heart Health Enhancement through Access to Research and Training (HEART) Act (H.R. 880); Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584/S. 2768); Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Worker Act (H.R. 2663/S.1176); the Access to AEDs Act (H.R. 2370/S. 1024); Amputation Reduction and Compassion (ARC) Act (H.R. 4261); Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (H.R. 1202) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act (H.R. 4914); Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); Cardiomyopathy Health, Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R. 6829); No Fees for EFTs Act (H.R. 6487/S. 3805); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679); Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7189); Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0 (S. 3548); Physician Led and Rural Access to Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 9001)

Medicare physician payment including H.R.10073, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024 and H.R.10545, the American Relief Act; new/alternative payment models; Medicare coverage, hospital payment of cardiovascular services; access to Medicare claims data; physician and hospital quality; Quality Payment Program; clinical data registries; health care quality; medical imaging and prior authorization; the Stark Law and the in-office ancillary services exception; Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act implementation and oversight; Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and Medicare site of service policy; graduate medical education policy including the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (HR 2389/S. 1302); oversight and implementation of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, including Appropriate Use Criteria; physician-owned hospital policy including the Physician Led Rural Access to Quality Care Act (HR 9001); COVID-19 public health emergency and the implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; implementation of the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (S. 610); implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022; Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023 (H.R. 2583/S. 3481); Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home At (H.R. 1406/S. 3021); Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers (H.R. 2474); site-neutrality; Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act (H.R. 3674); Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act (Connected Mom) (S. 712); Charles Rochester Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment Act (H.R. 5699) Preserving Seniors Access to Physicians Act (H.R. 6683); Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 6371); FY2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2882); The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2024 (H.R. 8702/S. 4532); The Pay PCPs Act (S. 4338); the Electronic Prior Authorization for Prescription Drugs Act (S. 4349); FY 25 Labor-HHS Appropriations (H.R. 9029/S. 4942); The Physician Fee Stabilization Act (S. 4935); GOLD CARD Act (H.R. 4968); Access to Claims Data Act (H.R. 9805)

Tobacco use prevention and smoking cessation; FDA regulation of tobacco; electronic cigarettes and nicotine products; tobacco and electronic cigarette policy in House and Senate Appropriations

Healthcare: US Senate, US House, FDA, HHS, CMS, OMB, NIH, White House Office/AHRQ Health care quality; physician and hospital quality; health care innovation; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/health care reform implementation; unique device identifier policy and post-market surveillance for medical devices; clinical trial design; HIPAA and registries; federal funding/appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA and the Childrens Hospital Graduate Medical Education payment program, the Prevention & Public Health Fund, medical research, and prevention; research and scholarly communication policy; implementation and oversight of 21st Century Cures Act; data blocking/interoperability of electronic data; artificial intelligence/machine learning; algorithm transparency; health disparities; reduction/oversight of prior authorization and other administrative burdens; digital health; Sect. 1557 Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; cardiomyopathy education and awareness; peripheral arterial disease (PAD) education and awareness; VA Mission Act implementation; COVID-19 and implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act , the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, and clinician mental health and wellbeing; patient identification; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness; MCIT/TCET/Breakthrough devices; Heart Health Enhancement through Access to Research and Training (HEART) Act (H.R. 880); Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584/S. 2768); Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Worker Act (H.R. 2663/S.1176); the Access to AEDs Act (H.R. 2370/S. 1024); Amputation Reduction and Compassion (ARC) Act (H.R. 4261); Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (H.R. 1202) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act (H.R. 4914); Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); Cardiomyopathy Health, Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R. 6829); No Fees for EFTs Act (H.R. 6487/S. 3805); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679); Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7189); Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0 (S. 3548); Physician Led and Rural Access to Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 9001)

Medicare physician payment; new/alternative payment models; Medicare coverage, hospital payment of cardiovascular services; access to Medicare claims data; physician and hospital quality; Quality Payment Program; clinical data registries; health care quality; medical imaging and prior authorization; the Stark Law and the in-office ancillary services exception; Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act implementation and oversight; Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and Medicare site of service policy; graduate medical education policy including the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (HR 2389/S. 1302); oversight and implementation of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, including Appropriate Use Criteria; physician-owned hospital policy including the Physician Led Rural Access to Quality Care Act (HR 9001); COVID-19 public health emergency and the implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; implementation of the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (S. 610); implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022; Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023 (H.R. 2583/S. 3481); Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home At (H.R. 1406/S. 3021); Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers (H.R. 2474); site-neutrality; Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act (H.R. 3674); Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act (Connected Mom) (S. 712); Charles Rochester Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment Act (H.R. 5699) Preserving Seniors Access to Physicians Act (H.R. 6683); Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 6371); FY2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2882); The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2024 (H.R. 8702/S. 4532); The Pay PCPs Act (S. 4338); the Electronic Prior Authorization for Prescription Drugs Act (S. 4349); FY 25 Labor-HHS Appropriations (H.R. 9029/S. 4942); The Physician Fee Stabilization Act (S. 4935); GOLD CARD Act (H.R. 4968); Access to Claims Data Act (H.R. 9805)

Healthcare: US Senate, US House, FDA, HHS, CMS, OMB, NIH, White House Office/AHRQ Health care quality; physician and hospital quality; health care innovation; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/health care reform implementation; unique device identifier policy and post-market surveillance for medical devices; clinical trial design; HIPAA and registries; federal funding/appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA and the Childrens Hospital Graduate Medical Education payment program, the Prevention & Public Health Fund, medical research, and prevention; research and scholarly communication policy; implementation and oversight of 21st Century Cures Act; data blocking/interoperability of electronic data; artificial intelligence/machine learning; algorithm transparency; health disparities; reduction/oversight of prior authorization and other administrative burdens; digital health; Sect. 1557 Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; cardiomyopathy education and awareness; peripheral arterial disease (PAD) education and awareness; VA Mission Act implementation; COVID-19 and implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act , the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, and clinician mental health and wellbeing; patient identification; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness; MCIT/TCET/Breakthrough devices; Heart Health Enhancement through Access to Research and Training (HEART) Act (H.R. 880); Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584/S. 2768); Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Worker Act (H.R. 2663/S.1176); the Access to AEDs Act (H.R. 2370/S. 1024); Amputation Reduction and Compassion (ARC) Act (H.R. 4261); Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (H.R. 1202) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act (H.R. 4914); Lower Costs More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378); Cardiomyopathy Health, Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R. 6829); No Fees for EFTs Act (H.R. 6487/S. 3805); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679); Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7189); Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0 (S. 3548)

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY