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Legislative Update
Michael J. Dyer, JDVice President for Government Relations, AACOM
OME ConferenceJanuary 13, 2007
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Current Environment
Themes Control Shift
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Recurring ThemesRecurring Themes
Cost
Accountability
Transparency
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Baseline Deficit ProjectionsBaseline Deficit Projections[in billions of dollars][in billions of dollars]
-600
-500
-400
-300
-200
-100
0
2006 2011 2016
President's Budget Plus Omitted Items
Source: OMB, 02/06; House Budget Democratic Staff, 02/06
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Accountability
Benefits to the Public Biggest Bang for Fewest Bucks
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Transparency
Lobby Reform Ethics Reform Earmark Reform
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Who’s In Charge?
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Meet the New Chairman
House Appropriations Committee
David Obey (D-Wis.)
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Meet the New Chairman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.)
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Meet the New Chairman
House Energy and Commerce Committee
John Dingell (D-Mich.)
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What’s Up, Doc!andWhat it Means to OME
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Labor-HHS-EducationLabor-HHS-EducationSubcommittee AllocationSubcommittee Allocation
FY 2004 $139.2 billion (+5.2%)FY 2005 $142.7 billion (+2.4%)FY 2006 $141.1 billion (-1.1%)FY 2007 (President) $137.8 billion (-2.3%) FY 2007 (House) $141.9 billion (+0.6%) FY 2007 (Senate) $142.8 billion (+1.1%)
Source: House and Senate Appropriations Committees and OMB
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Title VII Health ProfessionsTitle VII Health ProfessionsDiversity ProgramsDiversity Programs (in millions)(in millions)
FY 2005 Final
FY 2006 Final
Percent Change
FY 2007 House
Percent Change
FY 2007
Senate
Percent Change
Centers of Excellence
$33.6 $11.9 -64.7% $11.9 0% $11.9 0%
Health Careers Opportunity Program
$35.7 $4.0 -88.9% $0 -100% $4.0 0%
Faculty Loan Repayment
$1.3 $1.29 -1% $0 -100% $1.29 0%
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
$47.1 $46.7 -1% $46.7 0% $46.7 0%
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Title VII Health ProfessionsTitle VII Health Professions (in millions) FY 2005
FinalFY 2006
FinalPercent Change
FY 2007 House
Percent Change
FY 2007 Senate
Percent Change
Primary care medicine & dentistry
$88.8 $40.9 - 54% $40.9 0% $50 22.4%
AHECs $29.0 $28.7 - 1% $28.7 0% $28.7 0%
HETCs $3.8 $0 - 100% $0 0% $0 0%
Allied health $11.8 $4 - 66.3% $4 0% $4 0%
Geriatric training $31.6 $0 - 100% $31.5 -- $0 0%
Rural training $6.1 $0 - 100% $0 0% $0 0%
Public health, preventive medicine
$9.1 $7.9 - 12.9% $0 -100% $8 0%
Health administration
$1.1 $0 -100% $0 0% $0 0%
Workforce analysis
$0.7 $0 -100% $0 0% $0 0%
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FY 2007 Appropriations
109th Congress failed to pass a Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2007
Current continuing resolution (CR) continues funding at FY 2006 levels FY 2006 level for Title VII programs – 51.5% cut from FY
2005 level $ eliminated for Geriatrics Training, Health Education and
Training Centers and Burdick Rural Training Significant cuts in $ for primary care training Near total elimination for HCOP and COE
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FY 2007 Appropriations (continued) Current CR expires on February 15th
Seek restoration of some funding for the long-term CR Specter/Harkin Amendment Veterans health care will be a priority
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FY 2008 Appropriations
President’s Budget - first week of February Proposal likely to include huge Title VII cuts Depending on a Budget Resolution, Title VII
may have a better shot
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Reauthorizations
Student Assistance Title VII
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What About GME?
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IME Adjustment On Oct. 1, 2007 and beyond:
5.5%
Resident Limits
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Advisory Commissions and Councils Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
(MedPAC) IME Recommendation
Reduce the IME Adjustment by 1% from 5.5% to 4.5%. The 1% differential should be used to fund implementation of the severity adjustment.
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MedPAC (continued)
2.7% Empirical Adjustment IME in Appropriations ? Interest in workforce
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Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) Ongoing interest in workforce Flexibility in GME funding New paradigm for physician service in
improving access to healthcare
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Children’s Hospital GME
Has been reauthorized (P.L. 109-307) Increasing funding support Possible model ?
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Other Major GME Issues for the 110th Congress Caps Non-hospital training
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“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
- H.L. Mencken
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To download this presentation: www.aacom.org
On the Government Relations page