Testimony/Comments/Letters

• Joint Letter to Congress Opposing Ineligibility of HSAs for SCHIP Premium Assistance
  November 16, 2007

• Comments to IRS on Cafeteria Plan Proposed Regulations
  November 5, 2007

• Comment Letter to Report on Enhanced Privacy Protections for Health Data
  October 31, 2007

• Letter to Reps. Larson and Camp in Support of FSA Rollover Bill
  October 26, 2007

• Joint Letter to Senate Finance Committee Opposing ESRD Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions
  October 19, 2007

• Joint Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees in Support of Health Information Technology
  October 16, 2007

• Joint Letter to Chairman Dingell and Ranking Member Barton on House Mental Health Parity Bill
  October 15, 2007

• Business Group Letter to CMS on Physician Performance Measurement System
  October 10, 2007

• Letter to Secretary Leavitt on Release of Physicians Claims Data
  September 7, 2007

• Comments to CMS on Rules for Diagnostic Imaging and Physician Self-Referral Provision
  August 31, 2007

• Letter of support to Consumers CHECKBOOK for Release of Medicare Claims Data
  August 30, 2007

• Comments to the IRS on Proposed Regulations on Employer Comparable Contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  August 30, 2007

• Joint Letter to Senate Opposing Cuts in Medicare Advantage Payments
  July 27, 2007

• Joint Letter to Rep Dingell and Rep Barton in Support of Comparative Effectiveness Research
  July 26, 2007

• Joint Letter to Rep Rangel and Rep McCrery in Support of Comparative Effectiveness Research
  July 26, 2007

• Letter to Ways and Means Committee on Comparative Effectiveness
  July 25, 2007

• CMS on Prescription Drug Changes
  July 23, 2007

• Joint Letter Opposing ERISA Preemption for State Health Reform
  June 27, 2007

• Joint Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid Urging Passage of HIT Legislation
  June 26, 2007

• Letter to House Speaker Pelosi Urging Passage of HIT Legislation
  June 26, 2007

• Joint Letter to Senators Kennedy and Enzi in Support of Generic Biologics Bill
  June 5, 2007

• Joint Letter Advising Caution on Waiving ERISA Preemption for State Health Reform to Rep. Andrews
  May 18, 2007

• Letter to Rep Allen and Rep Emerson in Support of Comparative Effectiveness
  May 17, 2007

• Joint Letter to House Opposing FMLA Amendment
  May 16, 2007

• Joint Letter to Sen Clinton in Support of Comparative Effectiveness Legislation
  May 14, 2007

• Joint Letter to Rep Allen in Support of Comparative Effectiveness Legislation
  May 14, 2007

• Joint Letter to Senators Kennedy and Enzi on Genetic Nondiscrimination
  May 3, 2007

• Letter to Senators Kennedy, Enzi, and Domenici on Senate Mental Health Parity Bill
  March 27, 2007

• Joint Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee in Support of Funding for Comparative Effectiveness Research
  March 23, 2007

• Comments to the DoL on the Family and Medical Leave Act
  February 16, 2007

• Letter to Department of Health and Human Services Regarding Comments on the Guidance for Prioritization of Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
  January 23, 2007

• Joint Letter to Speaker Pelosi and House Members In Support of Medicare Modernization and Noninterference in Medicare Rx Price Negotiations
  January 11, 2007

• Letter to Treasury Department Requesting Relief for Those With HSAs and FSA Grace Period
  November 27, 2006

• Letter to Sen.Frist Urging Vote on Pandemic Flu Preparedness Bill
  November 13, 2006

• Letter to Senators Grassley and Baucus in Support of Physician Payment Reform to Reward Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  November 7, 2006

• Letter to Representatives Barton and Dingell in Support of Physician Payment Refrom to Reward Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  November 7, 2006

• Letter to Representatives Johnson and Stark in Support of Physician Payment Reform to Reward Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
  November 7, 2006

• Letter to Treasury Department Supporting Transition Relief for Use of Debit Cards at Certain Stores
  November 3, 2006

• Statement for the Record-House Energy and Commerce Committee-Subcommittee on Health-"Medicare Physician Payments: 2007 and Beyond"
  September 28, 2006

• Statement for the Record- Senate Finance Committee-Subcommittee on Health Care- "Health Savings Accounts The Experience So Far"
  September 26, 2006

• Joint Letter to Representative Bill Thomas in Support of HSA Legislation
  September 20, 2006

• Letter to Chairman Thomas Supporting Action by House Ways and Means Committee on HSA Bill
  September 20, 2006

• Joint Letter to House Speaker Hastert Urging a Conference Agreement and Enactment of Health Information Technology Legislation
  September 12, 2006

• Joint Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist Urging a Conference Agreement and Enactment of Health Information Technology Legislation
  September 12, 2006

• Joint Letter to CMS in Support of Physician Payment Reform to Reward Quality, Safety and Efficiency
  August 21, 2006

• Letter to Massachusetts Commissioner on Employer Reporting Requirements of Health Reform Law
  August 11, 2006

• Joint Letter to Senator Grassley Urging Action on HSA Improvements
  August 4, 2006.

• Letter to House Speaker Hastert Urging Vote on HR 4157, the Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006
  July 26, 2006

• Joint Letter to House Speaker Hastert Urging Action on Health Information Technology Bill
  July 19, 2006

• Joint Letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committee In Support of HIT Funding
  July 14, 2006

• Letter to Senator Hatch in Support of the Health Savings Accounts Improvement and Expansion Act of 2006
  June 21, 2006

• Joint Letter to House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committee in Support of Health Information Technology Bill
  June 14, 2006

• Joint Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee in Support of Health Information Technology Bill
  June 14, 2006

• Joint Letter to House Ways and Means Committee in Support of Health Information Technology Bill
  June 14, 2006.

• Joint Letter to House Appropriations Committee in Support of Health Information Technology Funding
  June 12, 2006.

• Letter to White House Homeland Security Council on Avian Flu Pandemic Preparation
  June 9, 2006

• Joint Letter to House Conferees in Support of FSA Rollover Provisions in Pension Bill
  June 7, 2006.

• Joint Letter to Senate Conferees in Support of FSA Rollover Provision in Pension Bill
  June 7, 2006.

• Joint Letter to House in Support of AHRQ and Comparative Effectiveness
  June 6, 2006

• Joint Letter to Senate in Support of Funding for AHRQ and Comparative Effectiveness Studies
  June 6, 2006.

• Joint Letter to House in Support of Funding for AHRQ and Comparative Effectiveness Studies
  June 6, 2006

• Letter to Massachusetts Senate President on Paid FMLA Bill
  May 19, 2006

• Letter to Senator Ensign in Support of Healthcare Legal Reform
  May 8, 2006

• Letter to Rep. Cantor in Support of HSA Bill
  May 2, 2006

• Letter to Senator Cochran in Support of Federal Funding for Avian Flu Preparedness
  April 26, 2006

• Letter to Congress in Support of FSA Provisions in Pension Bill
  March 10, 2006

• Joint Letter to Conferees in Support of FSA Provisions in Pension Bill
  March 9, 2006

• Letter to California Insurance Commissioner Garamendi on Proposed Changes to California Disability Insurance
  February 15, 2006

• Letter to Members of Congress in Support of FSA Provisions in Pension Bill
  February 7, 2006

• Letter to Texas Worker Compensation Commissioner on Implementation of New Law
  February 1, 2006

• Health and Human Services Listening Session on Research Priorities on Identifying Priority Conditions for the Effective Health Care Program Comments of Steven E. Wojcik, Vice President, Public Policy, National Business Group on Health
  January 31, 2006

• Thank You Letter to Rep. Regula for Avian Flu Preparedness Funding
  January 13, 2006

• Thank You Letter to Sen. Specter for Avian Flu Preparedness Funding
  January 13, 2006

• Letter to Rep. Cantor in Support of Bill to enhance HSAs
  December 13, 2005

• Joint Comment Letter to Treasury Department on Employer Comparable Contributions to HSAs
  November 23, 2005

• Letter to Sen. Frist in Support of Avian Flu Funding and Vaccine Development
  November 17, 2005

• Letter to Sen. Frist Urging Vote on S.1418
  November 15, 2005

• Letter to Reps. Thomas and Johnson in Support of FSA Rollover Provision
  November 9, 2005

• Letter to Rep. Johnson in Support of Health Information Technology Bill
  November 3, 2005

• Joint Pay for Performance in Medicare Letter to All Senators
  November 1, 2005

• Joint Letter to Senate in support of AHRQ Funding
  October 25, 2005

• Letter to Social Security Administration Commissioner Jo Anne B. Barnhart on Social Security Disability Determination Proposed Rules
  October 25, 2005

• Joint Letter to House in Support of AHRQ Funding
  September 22, 2005

• Letter to Rep. Johnson in Support of Pay for Performance in Medicare Bill
  September 8, 2005

• Letters to Senators Grassley and Baucus in Support of Medicare Pay for Performance Standards for Imaging
  August 23, 2005

• Letters to Representatives Johnson, Stark, Deal, and Brown in Support of Medicare Pay for Performance Standards for Imaging
  August 23, 2005

• Testimony on Employee Communications Before the ERISA Advisory Council
  July 7, 2005

• Letter to Senators Grassley and Baucus in Support of Pay for Performance in Medicare Bill
  June 29, 2005

• Letters to Senators Frist and Clinton in Support of Health Information Technology (HIT) Bill
  June 23, 2005

• Letters to Reps. Kennedy and Murphy in Support of Health Information Technology Bill
  June 23, 2005

• Joint Letter to Senate in Support of AHRQ Funding
  June 3, 2005

• Letter to Senator DeMint on Health Insurance Choice
  May 18, 2005

• Letter to Rep. Shadegg on Health Insurance Choice
  May 18, 2005

• Comments to the HHS Secretary on Health Care Information Technology
  May 11, 2005

• Letter in Support of FSA Bill
  March 9, 2005

• Joint Call for Special Health Courts
  February 28, 2005

• Joint Letter to Congress Supporting Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Regulations
  February 10, 2005

• Letter to the House Supporting Funding for HHS' Office for Information Technology
  December 9, 2004

• Letter to the Senate Supporting Funding for HHS' Office for Information Technology
  December 9, 2004

• Letter Supporting Funding for Health Information Technology to HSS Secretary Thompson
  December 9, 2004

• Letter to House Supporting Funding for AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Studies
  November 12, 2004

• Comments on the Proposed Rule for Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits
  October 4, 2004

• FSA Letter to Treasury Secretary Snow
  September 23, 2004

• Comments to Medicare Model Guidelines Committee
  July 8, 2004

• Letter to the Senate on FMLA Amendment
  June 2, 2004

• Health and Human Services Listening Session On Research Priorities under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 Comments of Helen Darling, President, National Business Group on Health
  May, 21, 2004

• Comments on March 30, 2004, and Upcoming Treasury Department HSA Guidance
  May, 19, 2004

• Employer Letter to Senate on Mental Health Parity
  May 13, 2004

• Senate AHRQ Letter
  April 21, 2004

• Comments on Notice 2004-2 and Upcoming Treasury Department Guidance on Health Savings Accounts
  March 5, 2004

• Letter to The Honorable Bill Frist expressing support for Senate approval of S. 2061, the "Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act."
  February 23, 2004

• Letter to EEOC Supporting ADEA Exemption for Coordinating Retiree Health Benefits with Medicare
  September 12. 2003

• Letter to Senate Medicare Conferees in Support of FSA Changes
  August 12, 2003

• Letter in Support of Senate FSA Bill
  August 8, 2003

• Testimony, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and Medicare Reform, Subcommittee on Wellness and Human Rights, House Government Reform Committee
  July 17. 2003

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