President’s FY2017 Budget for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): CRS Experts

Federal law requires the President to submit an annual budget request to Congress no later than the first Monday in February. The budget informs Congress of the President’s overall federal fiscal policy based on proposed spending levels, revenues, and deficit (or surplus) levels. The budget request lays out the President’s relative priorities for federal programs, such as how much should be spent on defense, education, health, and other federal programs. The President’s budget also may include legislative proposals for spending and tax policy changes. Although the President is not required to propose legislative changes for those parts of the budget that are governed by permanent law (i.e., mandatory spending), such changes generally are included in the budget. President Obama submitted his FY2017 budget request to Congress on February 9, 2016.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the division of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CMS also is responsible for administering the private health insurance programs established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148, as amended). In FY2016, CMS estimates that almost 125 million individuals will receive coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.

The CMS budget includes a mixture of mandatory and discretionary spending. However, the vast majority of the CMS budget is mandatory spending, such as Medicare benefit spending and grants to states for Medicaid. In the President’s FY2017 budget, proposed Medicare outlays make up 59.5% of the CMS budget and proposed Medicaid outlays comprise 37.9% of the CMS budget.

The CMS budget is divided into the following sections: Medicare, Medicaid, program integrity, CHIP, state grants and demonstrations, private health insurance protections and programs, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, and program management. The President’s FY2017 budget contains a number of legislative proposals that would affect the CMS budget. Some of these proposals are program expansions, and others are designed to reduce federal spending.

President's FY2017 Budget for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): CRS Experts

February 17, 2016 (R44382)

Federal law requires the President to submit an annual budget request to Congress no later than the first Monday in February. The budget informs Congress of the President's overall federal fiscal policy based on proposed spending levels, revenues, and deficit (or surplus) levels. The budget request lays out the President's relative priorities for federal programs, such as how much should be spent on defense, education, health, and other federal programs. The President's budget also may include legislative proposals for spending and tax policy changes. Although the President is not required to propose legislative changes for those parts of the budget that are governed by permanent law (i.e., mandatory spending), such changes generally are included in the budget. President Obama submitted his FY2017 budget request to Congress on February 9, 2016.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the division of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) responsible for administering Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CMS also is responsible for administering the private health insurance programs established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148, as amended). In FY2017, CMS estimates that almost 125 million individuals will receive coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.

The CMS budget is divided into the following sections: Medicare, Medicaid, program integrity, CHIP, state grants and demonstrations, private health insurance protections and programs, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, and program management. The CMS budget includes a mixture of mandatory and discretionary spending. However, the vast majority of the CMS budget is mandatory spending, such as Medicare benefit spending and grants to states for Medicaid. In the President's FY2017 budget, proposed net Medicare outlays make up 59.5% of the CMS budget and proposed net Medicaid outlays comprise 37.9% of the CMS budget.

The President's proposed budget for CMS would be $1.0 trillion in net mandatory and discretionary outlays for FY2017, which would be an increase of $25.3 billion, or 2.5%, over the estimated net outlays for FY2016. This estimate includes the net cost of legislative proposals ($5.6 billion) and the estimated savings from program integrity investments ($1.0 billion).

The President's FY2017 budget contains a number of legislative proposals that would affect the CMS budget. Some of these proposals are program expansions, and others are designed to reduce federal spending.

The following tables provide the names and contact information for CRS experts for each of the legislative proposals in the President's FY2017 budget for CMS. There is a table for each of the following sections of the CMS budget: Medicare (Table 1), Medicaid (Table 2), program integrity (Table 3), CHIP (Table 4), private health insurance protections and programs (Table 5), and program management (Table 6).

Table 1. Legislative Proposals for Medicare

Legislative Proposal

Name/Title

Phone/Email

Delivery System Reform

 

 

Reform Medicare Advantage Payments to Improve the Efficiency and Sustainability of the Program

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Implement Bundled Payment for Post‐acute Care

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expand Basis for Beneficiary Assignment for Accountable Care Organizations to Include Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow CMS to Assign Beneficiaries to Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow Accountable Care Organizations to Pay Beneficiaries for Primary Care Visits up to the Applicable Medicare Cost‐Sharing Amount

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish a Bonus Payment for Hospitals Cooperating with Certain Alternative Payment Models

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish a Hospital‐Wide Readmissions Reduction Measure

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish Quality Bonus Payments for High‐Performing Part D Plans

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Extend Accountability for Hospital‐Acquired Conditions

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Implement Value‐Based Purchasing for Additional Providers

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

 

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expand the Ability of Medicare Advantage Organizations to Pay for Services Delivered via Telehealth

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow the Secretary to Introduce Primary Care Payments Under the Physician Fee Schedule in a Budget-Neutral Manner

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Provider Payments

 

 

Eliminate the 190‐day Lifetime Limit on Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Services

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Update Medicare Disproportionate Share Formula for Hospitals in Puerto Rico

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Adjust Payment Updates for Certain Post‐acute Care Providers

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Strengthen the Independent Payment Advisory Board to Reduce Long‐Term Drivers of Medicare Cost Growth

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Reduce Medicare Coverage of Bad Debts

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Encourage Workforce Development Through Targeted and More Accurate Indirect Medical Education Payments

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Reform Medicare Hospice Payments

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Exclude Certain Services from the In‐Office Ancillary Services Exception

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Provide Authority to Expand Competitive Bidding for Certain Durable Medical Equipment

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Encourage Appropriate Use of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Reduce Critical Access Hospital Reimbursements from 101% of Reasonable Costs to 100% of Reasonable Costs

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Prohibit Critical Access Hospital Designation for Facilities That Are Less than 10 Miles from the Nearest Hospital

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow the Secretary to Determine Hospital Acquired Condition Program Penalty Amounts and Distribution

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Clarify the Medicare Fraction in the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Statute

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Modernize Funding for End-Stage Renal Disease Networks

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Recoup Initial Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Payments for Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory Tests in Excess of 100% of the Final Payment Amount

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Repeal the Rental Cap for Oxygen Equipment

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Prescription Drugs

 

 

Align Medicare Drug Payment Policies with Medicaid Policies for Low‐Income Beneficiaries

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Accelerate Manufacturer Discounts for Brand Drugs to Provide Relief to Medicare Beneficiaries in the Coverage Gap

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Modify Reimbursement of Part B Drugs

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require Mandatory Reporting of Other Prescription Drug Coverage

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow the Secretary to Negotiate Prices for Biologics and High-Cost Prescription Drugs

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Change the Part D Coverage Gap Discount Program Agreements from Annually to Quarterly

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish Authority for a Program to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse in Medicare Part D

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Increase Part D Plan Sponsors' Risk for Catastrophic Drugs

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require Evidence Development for Coverage of High-Cost Drugs

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish Transparency and Reporting Requirements in Pharmaceutical Drug Pricing

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

 

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Structural Reforms

 

 

Eliminate Beneficiary Coinsurance for Screening Colonoscopies with Polyp Removal

Sarah Lister
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Increase Income-Related Premiums Under Medicare Parts B and D

Patricia Davis
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Encourage the Use of Generic Drugs by Low‐Income Beneficiaries

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Modify the Part B Deductible for New Beneficiaries

Patricia Davis
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Introduce Home Health Co-payments for New Beneficiaries

Scott Talaga
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Medicare Appeals Process

 

 

Provide Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals and Department Appeals Board Authority to Use Recovery Audit Contractor Collections

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish a Refundable Filing Fee

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish Magistrate Adjudication for Claims with Amount in Controversy Below New Administrative Law Judge Amount in Controversy Threshold

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expedite Procedures for Claims with No Material Fact in Dispute

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Increase Minimum Amount in Controversy for Administrative Law Judge Adjudication of Claims to Equal Amount Required for Judicial Review

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Remand Appeals to the Redetermination Level with the Introduction of New Evidence

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Sample and Consolidate Similar Claims for Administrative Efficiency

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Other Proposals

 

 

Allow Beneficiaries to Pay a Sum Certain to Medicare for Future Medical Items and Services

Suzanne Kirchhoff
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Clarify Calculation of the Late Enrollment Penalty for Medicare Part B Premiums

Patricia Davis
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Source: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunity for All Americans, February 2016.

Table 2. Legislative Proposals for Medicaid

Legislative Proposal

Name/Title

Phone/Email

Delivery System Reform

 

 

Reestablish the Medicaid Primary Care Payment Increase Through CY2017 and Include Additional Providers

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Pilot Comprehensive Long‐Term Care State Plan Option

Kirsten Colello
Specialist in Health and Aging Policy

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expand Eligibility Under the Community First Choice Option

Kirsten Colello
Specialist in Health and Aging Policy

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Provide Home- and Community‐Based Waiver Services to Children Eligible for Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow States to Develop Age‐Specific Health Home Programs

Kirsten Colello
Specialist in Health and Aging Policy

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expand Eligibility for the 1915(i) Homes and Community‐Based Services State Plan Option

Kirsten Colello
Specialist in Health and Aging Policy

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow Full Medicaid Benefits to All Individuals in a Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) State Plan Option

Kirsten Colello
Specialist in Health and Aging Policy

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Coverage and Services

 

 

Create State Option to Provide 12‐Month Continuous Medicaid Eligibility for Adults

Evelyne Baumrucker
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Strengthen Medicaid in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Extend Enhanced Federal Match for New Medicaid Expansion States

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Permanently Extend Express Lane Eligibility Option for Children

Evelyne Baumrucker
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require Full Coverage of Preventive Health and Tobacco Cessation Services for Adults in Traditional Medicaid

Evelyne Baumrucker
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Create Demonstration to Address Over‐Prescription of Psychotropic Medications for Foster Care Children

Evelyne Baumrucker
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require Coverage of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment for Children in Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Facilities

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Provide Full Medicaid Coverage to Pregnant and Postpartum Beneficiaries

Evelyne Baumrucker
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Extend 100% Federal Match to All Indian Health Programs

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expand State Flexibility to Provide Benchmark Benefit Packages

Evelyne Baumrucker
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Streamline Certain Medicaid Appeals Processes

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Quality and Cost-Effectiveness

 

 

Extend Funding for the Adult Health Quality Measures Program

Amanda Sarata
Specialist in Health Policy

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require Remittances for Medical Loss Ratios for Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Rebase Future Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Medicaid Drug Coverage and Reimbursement

 

 

Create a Federal‐State Medicaid Negotiating Pool for High‐Cost Drugs

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Lower Medicaid Drug Costs and Strengthen the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Promote Program Integrity for Medicaid Drug Coverage

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Dual-Eligible Individuals

 

 

Improve Alignment of Medicare Savings Program and Part D Low‐Income Subsidy Income and Asset Definitions

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow for Federal-State Coordinated Review of Dual Special Need Plan Marketing Materials

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Integrate Appeals Process for Medicare‐Medicaid Enrollees

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Source: HHS, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunity for All Americans, February 2016.

Table 3. Legislative Proposals for Program Integrity

Legislative Proposal

Name/Title

Phone/Email

Medicare

 

 

Retain a Portion of Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Recoveries to Implement Actions That Prevent Fraud and Abuse

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Suspend Coverage and Payment for Questionable Part D Prescriptions and Incomplete Clinical Information

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow Prior Authorization for Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Items and Services

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow Civil Monetary Penalties for Providers and Suppliers Who Fail to Update Enrollment Records

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Assess a Fee on Physicians and Practitioners Who Order Services or Supplies Without Proper Documentation

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish a Registration Process for Clearinghouses and Billing Agents

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow Collection of Application Fees from Individual Providers and Suppliers

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Pay Recovery Auditor After a Qualified Independent Contractor Decision on Appealed Claims

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require a Surety Bond or Escrow Account to Cover Overturned Recovery Auditor Determinations

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Medicaid

 

 

Expand Funding for the Medicaid Integrity Program

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Track High Prescribers and Utilizers of Prescription Drugs in Medicaid

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Strengthen CMS Compliance Tools in Medicaid Managed Care

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Require States to Suspend Medicaid Payments When the Secretary Determines There Is a Significant Risk of Fraud

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Expand Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Review to Additional Care Settings

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Consolidate Redundant Error Rate Measurement Programs

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Prevent Use of Federal Funds to Pay State Share of Medicaid or CHIP

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Medicare and Medicaid

 

 

Allow the Secretary to Reject Claims from New Providers and Suppliers Located Outside Moratorium Areas

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Protect Program Integrity Algorithms from Disclosure

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Permit Exclusion from Federal Health Care Programs if Affiliated with Sanctioned Entities

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Establish Gifting Authority for the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Publish the National Provider Identifier for Covered Recipients in the Open Payment Program

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Source: HHS, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunity for All Americans, February 2016.

Table 4. Legislative Proposals for CHIP

Legislative Proposal

Name/Title

Phone/Email

Extend CHIP Funding Through FY2019

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Extend the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund Through FY2019

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Reauthorize the Performance Bonus Fund Through FY2019

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Source: HHS, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunity for All Americans, February 2016.

Table 5. Legislative Proposals for Private Health Insurance

Legislative Proposal

Name/Title

Phone/Email

Allow Marketplaces to Access National Directory of New Hires

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Develop Uniform and Transparent Consumer Health Care Billing Documents

Namrata Uberoi
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Eliminate Surprise Charges for Privately Insured Patients

Namrata Uberoi
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Increase Access to Consumer Protections in Self‐Insured Non‐Federal Governmental Plans

Annie Mach
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Source: HHS, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunity for All Americans, February 2016.

Table 6. Legislative Proposals for Program Management

Legislative Proposal

Name/Title

Phone/Email

Provide Mandatory Administrative Resources for Implementation

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Extend Funding for the Medicaid Adult Health Quality Measures Program

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow CMS to Reinvest Civil Monetary Penalties Recovered from Home Health Agencies

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Allow CMS to Assess a Fee on Medicare Providers for Payments Subject to the Federal Levy Program

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Other User Fee Proposals

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Health Care Financing

[phone number scrubbed]
[email address scrubbed]

Source: HHS, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunity for All Americans, February 2016.

Author Contact Information

[author name scrubbed], Analyst in Health Care Financing ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])