Legislative & Regulatory Policy

Reform Through Advocacy

Hooper, Lundy & Bookman has a long history of successfully working with clients to achieve health care reform through statutory and regulatory changes at both the federal and state level.

We work with our clients’ government relations departments to provide legislators and their staffs with an understanding of the consequences of their proposals. We have drafted key legislation and our attorneys are often contacted by government officials to provide input on proposed regulatory changes.

Additionally, when Congress or the California Legislature proposes omnibus initiatives, there are often unintended consequences that, if not addressed early in the process, often take many years to rectify. Our attorneys help health care providers identify the possible consequences of new legislation and support lobbyists for health systems and trade associations in explaining needed changes to regulators, state Legislatures and Congress with the aim of shaping legislation to our clients’ benefit.

Comprehensive Tracking and Consulting

From introduction to final implementation, we regularly track legislation and regulatory developments of interest for our clients through bill tracking, attending legislative hearings and providing clients with strategic advice on opponent positions, likelihood of passage and measures they can take to enhance their legislative agendas. In addition, we provide testimony and witness preparation services to clients planning to appear at public forums on areas of interest.

Building Important Relationships

Our long-standing relationships with policymakers at all levels of government, combined with the large number and types of providers that we represent, make the firm uniquely suited to developing coalitions within the health care industry to approach regulators and legislators with necessary changes. We often actively propose or oppose new legislation or regulations on behalf of our clients and related trade associations in order to address critical issues and/or avoid the future consequences of long and arduous battles against regulatory agencies in federal or state court.

Our attorneys also work closely with trade organizations to develop coalitions, coordinate efforts, and provide technical support, written materials and guidance that achieve favorable results in promoting and defeating specific legislative and regulatory initiatives.

Examples of our Legislative and Regulatory Policy Experience:

• Health care reform
• Medicaid reimbursement
• Medicaid state plan amendments
• Physician self-referral matters
• Medicare
  • Malpractice cost policy
  • Bad debt policy
  • Amendment to federal Medicare litigation interest statute
  • Annual prospective payment system comment process
  • Outlier payment policy reform
  • Cost pass-throughs under Medicare inpatient prospective payment system
  • Qualified Medicare beneficiary amendments
• Fraud and abuse guidelines
• Special project funding legislation
• Hospital licensure amendments
• Graduate medical education funding
• Regulatory enforcement procedures
• Access to records
• Medicaid state plan amendments
• Regulation interpretation

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