MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

HCR · Health Issues

Telehealth related issues Monitor the following: Teaching Hospitals related issues Rural Health and Health Disparity related issues Organ transplant issues Academic Medical Centers related issues

MED · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

National Institutes of Health and various institutes and bureaus thereof; Medical research and development related issues; and NIH indirect costs. Health Resources Services Administration, Medical research and development related issues.

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2026, NIH issues; Medical research; Organ allocation issues; Biomedical research facilities; HRSA Rural and Telehealth programs; HRSA related issues; CDC related issues; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality program issues; and NIH indirect costs. Monitor the following: Rural Health IT Program related issues HRSA Program related issues, generally IDeA program

EDU · Education

H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Big Bill Act, Student loan provisions

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.1

MMM · Medicare/Medicaid

H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, State directed payments; Provider taxes Disproportionate share hospital payments Telehealth reimbursement issues Monitor the following: The Hospital Inpatient Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Long Term care Hospital Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Proposed Rule changes Graduate Medical Education (GME) issues 340B related issues

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.1

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Monitor H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Research and development amortization tax credit related issues

Literal federal measure citations: H.R.1

VET · Veterans

Academic Affiliate program related issues