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118 New Boards, Bureaucracies, Commissions, and Programs that will be created if this monstrosity of a healthcare bill passes.
1. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund
2. Grant program for wellness programs to small employers
3. Grant program for State health access programs
4. Program of administrative simplification
5. Health Benefits Advisory Committee
6. Health Choices Administration
7. Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman
8. Health Insurance Exchange
9. Program for technical assistance to employees of small businesses buying Exchange coverage
10. Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Commissioner
11. Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund
12. State-based Health Insurance Exchanges
13. Grant program for health insurance cooperatives
14. “Public Health Insurance Option”
15. Ombudsman for “Public Health Insurance Option”
16. Account for receipts and disbursements for “Public Health Insurance Option”
17. Telehealth Advisory Committee
18. Demonstration program providing reimbursement for “culturally and linguistically appropriate services”
19. Demonstration program for shared decision making using patient decision aids
20. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicare
21. Independent patient-centered medical home pilot program under Medicare
22. Community-based medical home pilot program under Medicare
23. Independence at home demonstration program
24. Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research
25. Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission
26. Patient ombudsman for comparative effectiveness research
27. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for skilled nursing facilities
28. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for nursing facilities
29. Special focus facility program for skilled nursing facilities
30. Special focus facility program for nursing facilities
31. National independent monitor pilot program for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities
32. Demonstration program for approved teaching health centers with respect to Medicare GME
33. Pilot program to develop anti-fraud compliance systems for Medicare providers
34. Special Inspector General for the Health Insurance Exchange
35. Medical home pilot program under Medicaid
36. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicaid
37. Nursing facility supplemental payment program
38. Demonstration program for Medicaid coverage to stabilize emergency medical conditions in institutions for mental diseases
39.Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund
40. “Identifiable office or program” within CMS to “provide for improved coordination between Medicare and Medicaid in the case of dual eligibles”
41. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
42. Public Health Investment Fund
43. Scholarships for service in health professional needs areas
44. Program for training medical residents in community-based settings
45. Grant program for training in dentistry programs
46. Public Health Workforce Corps
47. Public health workforce scholarship program
48. Public health workforce loan forgiveness program
49. Grant program for innovations in interdisciplinary care
50. Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment
51. Prevention and Wellness Trust
52. Clinical Prevention Stakeholders Board
53. Community Prevention Stakeholders Board
54. Grant program for community prevention and wellness research
55. Grant program for research and demonstration projects related to wellness incentives
56. Grant program for community prevention and wellness services
57. Grant program for public health infrastructure
58. Center for Quality Improvement
59. Assistant Secretary for Health Information
60. Grant program to support the operation of school-based health clinics
61. Grant program for nurse-managed health centers
62. Grants for labor-management programs for nursing training
63. Grant program for interdisciplinary mental and behavioral health training
64. “No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza” demonstration grant program
65. Healthy Teen Initiative grant program regarding teen pregnancy
66. Grant program for interdisciplinary training, education, and services for individuals with autism
67. University centers for excellence in developmental disabilities education
68. Grant program to implement medication therapy management services
69. Grant program to promote positive health behaviors in underserved communities
70. Grant program for State alternative medical liability laws
71. Grant program to develop infant mortality programs
72. Grant program to prepare secondary school students for careers in health professions
73. Grant program for community-based collaborative care
74. Grant program for community-based overweight and obesity prevention
75. Grant program for reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in primary and secondary schools
76. Demonstration project of grants to medical-legal partnerships
77. Center for Emergency Care under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
78. Council for Emergency Care
79. Grant program to support demonstration programs that design and implement regionalized emergency care systems
80. Grant program to assist veterans who wish to become emergency medical technicians upon discharge
81. Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee
82. National Medical Device Registry
83. CLASS Independence Fund
84. CLASS Independence Fund Board of Trustees
85. CLASS Independence Advisory Council
86. Health and Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women’s Health
87. National Women’s Health Information Center
88. Centers for Disease Control Office of Women’s Health
89. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Office of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Research
90. Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women’s Health
91. Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health
92. Personal Care Attendant Workforce Advisory Panel
93. Grant program for national health workforce online training
94. Grant program to disseminate best practices on implementing health workforce investment programs
95. Demonstration program for chronic shortages of health professionals
96. Demonstration program for substance abuse counselor educational curricula
97. Program of Indian community education on mental illness
98. Intergovernmental Task Force on Indian environmental and nuclear hazards
99. Office of Indian Men’s Health
100. Indian Health facilities needs assessment workgroup
101. Indian Health Service tribal facilities joint venture demonstration projects
102. Urban youth treatment center demonstration project
103. Grants to Urban Indian Organizations for diabetes prevention
104. Grants to Urban Indian Organization
105. Indian Health facilities appropriation advisory boards for health IT adoption
106. Mental health technician training program
107. Indian youth telemental health demonstration project
108. Program for treatment of child sexual abuse victims and perpetrators
109. Program for treatment of domestic violence and sexual abuse
110. Native American Health and Wellness Foundation
111. Committee for the Establishment of the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation
112. Grant program for mental health and substance abuse screening
113. Centers for Disease Control Office of Minority Health
114. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Office of Minority Health
115. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Office of Minority Health
116. Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Minority Health
117. Food and Drug Administration Office of Minority Health
118. Outreach program to increase awareness of diabetes screening benefits
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2 comments:
Ugh! That's some list you found. I've got a link to it up on my site today.
Have a great weekend :)
Thanks - spread the word, the bill still has to get through the Senate. This list - came from my congressman. :)
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