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Congressional efforts to restrict states use of provider taxes to fund their Medicaid programs;\nHospitals need for stability and predictability in making their spending and policy decisions; \nsupport expected legislative efforts to repeal or revamp section 3141 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; \nSupport expected legislative efforts to assess and limit the administrative burdens imposed by demands for records by Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors and other program integrity initiatives; \nReauthorize the Medicare Dependent Hospital Payment program for one year effective October 1, 2012, through H.R. 5943 or S. 2620; \nOppose congressional proposals to curtail states capacity to use provider taxes to generate federal matching funds for their Medicaid programs; \nRepeal or revise the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula used to determine Medicare physician payments and do so without reducing payments to non-physician providers to offset the cost of doing so; \nReject future congressional proposals to terminate the designation of critical access hospitals which qualify for separate payment and regulatory standards;\nMedicare Dependent Hospital provisions in H.R. 5943, Rural Hospital Access Act of 2012;\nMedicare Payment Advisory Commissions report regarding the delivery and financing of hospitals and other health care services in rural regions;\nPromoted congressional awareness of and support for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services promulgation of regulations to clarify the authority of certified registered nurse anesthetists to be paid to provide pain management services to Medicare enrollees;\nProvided background information to congressional staff to respond to a query regarding regulatory standards governing the use of tasers and weapons by hospital security staff;\nWording and content of draft legislation to assess and limit the administrative burdens imposed by demands for records by Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors and other program integrity initiatives;\nConducted and conveyed the results of research needed to respond to a query regarding the number of Missouri hospitals receiving payments under the Medicare Low-Volume Hospital program, in response to H.R. 5943/ S. 2620, Rural Hospital Access Act of 2012;\nProposed draft legislation to assess and limit the administrative burdens imposed by demands for records by Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors and other program integrity initiatives;","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":41490,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"BRENT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EVANS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]}