Legislative Alerts are e-mailed to AMGA members as needed for various uses related to legislative developments. Typically, Legislative Alerts engage AMGA members in grassroots lobbying activities by providing them with detailed subject information, Congressional e-mail addresses, and sample letters to facilitate their participation in advocating the AMGA position to lawmakers.

• April 23, 2004: CMS Seeking Proposals for New Chronic Care Improvement Program

• July 23, 2003: July 24^th CMS Phone Conference on HIPAA Transaction & Code Sets - Updated GOP Townhall Meeting List

Health Information Technology (HIT)

• July 27, 2006: House Approves Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006

Hospitals

• July 13, 2004: Tax-Exempt Hospital Revised Survey
• June 23, 2004: Hospitals' 501(c) (3) Status Under Fire in Congress - AMGA Calls For Member Input (attachment)

• May 13, 2004: House Approves Liability Reform 229-197
• May 11, 2004: Upcoming Liability Vote in the House Requires AMGA Members to Contact Congress
• April 7, 2004: Medical Liability Bill Fails in the Senate
• February 25, 2004: Medical Liability Bill Fails in the Senate (attachment)
• June 27, 2003: Medical Liability Reform - Urgent Need to Call Now
• April 7, 2003: Medical Liability Reform - Urgent Need for Detailed Information
• March 11, 2003: The HEALTH Act
• February 5, 2003: Medical Liability Reform (draft letter)

• July 22, 2003: Act to Protect Update Reform in Medicare Conference - Addendum
• July 17, 2003: Act to Protect Update Reform in Medicare Conference
• June 4, 2003: Act to Insure Medicare Reform Includes SGR Fix (Tauzin-Bilrakis letter) (draft letter) (Ways and Means discussion points) (Democrats drug principles)
• May 8, 2003: Information Needed to Address Volume - Increase in Medicare Physician Services

• October 17, 2007: Act Now to Ensure a Positive Increase to the Physician Payment Update (SGR Letter) (PQRI Letter)
• July 28, 2006: Act Now to Ensure a Positive Physician Payment Update (draft letter)
• November 22, 2005: Act Now to Ensure a Positive Increase to the Physician Payment Update In Budget Reconciliation Legislation (draft letter) (talking points)
• October 19, 2005: Act Now to Ensure a Positive Increase to the Physician Payment Update (draft letter) (talking points)
• August 1, 2005: Act Now for Passage of Bipartisan Physician Update Bills (draft letter) (OpEd) (talking points)
• May 25, 2005: House and Senate Bills to Increase Physician Update - AMGA Members’ Urged to Contact Their Delegation (draft letter)
• November 12, 2003: Contact Congress to Enact the Physician Update (draft letter)
• September 10, 2003: More Funds Possible For Physician Update (draft letter)
• June 13, 2003: Physician Payment Update Increase (draft letter)
• February 5, 2003: 2003 Omnibus Spending Package - Medicare Physician Payment Update Freeze (draft letter)
• January 24, 2003: Medicare Physician Payment Update (roll call vote - Senate) (draft letter)
• January 8, 2003: House Opportunity to Stop Planned Physician Payment Cut

• April 8, 2004: President to Sign Pension Bill Approved by Senate
• October 31, 2003: Senate Acts on Employer Defined-Benefit Pension Contributions
• July 22, 2003: AMGA Meets with Treasury Department on Defined-Benefit Pensions Contributions - AMGA Forms AD HOC Task Force

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