Washington Letter Archive
2023
August
- HHS Establishes Office of Long COVID Research and Practice
- ATS Responds to NIH's TB Strategic Framework
- FDA Center for Tobacco Control Issues Warning Letters to Sellers of Illegal E-Cig Products that Appeal to Children
- EPA Delays Action on New Ozone Standard
- ATS Testifies in Support of MSHA Silica Standard
- And the House Appropriations Committee Speaks on Tobacco & Nicotone Too...
- House Appropriations Committee Cuts EPA funding and Includes Policy Riders
- House Subcommittee Passes LHHS Services Appropriations with Big Cuts and Legislative Riders
- Biden Names Jeanne M. Marrazzo, MD, as NIAID Director
July
- Congress Advances International TB Control Legislation
- Friends of NIEHS Coalition Letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittees
- Senate Makes Progress on Funding Bills, House Struggles with Funding Measures
- CDC to Launch "Bridge Access Program" in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments to Uninsured and Underinsured Adults
- House Appropriations Committee Eliminates Tobacco Control Funding, Blocks FDA Tobacco Regulations
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Cuts NIH and CDC Budget
- MSHA Proposes New Silica Exposure Limits for Miners
- Nomination of NIH Director Delayed
- House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Provide Increase for VA Research Funding
- Centers for Cancer Control Research in Areas of Persistent Poverty
- ATS Submits Amicus Brief in Support of the City of Berkeley, CA
- ATS Submits Comments on EPA Heavy-Duty Vehicle GHG Rule
- ATS Urges EPA to Issue More Protective Standards for Mercury-and-Air Toxic Emissions from Power Plants
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief to Protect Access to Preventative Services under ACA
June
- ATS Participates in Survey of Telemedicine E/M CPT Codes
- Biden Expected to Nominate Mandy Cohen MD, MPH as CDC Director
- Proposed Division of Lung Disease Reorganization
- ATS Hill Day - ATS Goes to Congress
- Debt Ceiling Bill Passes Congress
- ATS Holds Climate Change Rally on Capitol Hill
May
- EPA Proposes Rule to Reduce GHG Emissions from Power Plants
- ATS Testifies in Support of GHG Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Standards
- ATS Testifies in Support of Reducing Mercury and Air Toxins
- Join us at the ATS Climate Change Rally on Capitol Hill
- USPSFT Supports Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults
April
- ATS and California Thoracic Society Urge California to Take Action Against "Cool/Non-menthol" Cigarettes
- House Passes Debt Limit Bill
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief to Preserve Preventive Service Benefits Under ACA
- Dr. Monica Bertagnolli is a Candidate for NIH Director
- Spring Issue of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Available
- House Republicans Issue Debt Limit Proposal
- Fiscal Year 2024 Funding for Global and Domestic TB Programs
- FDA Proposal to Ban Menthol Cigarettes & Flavored Cigars Hit One-Year Anniversary
- EPA Accelerates EV Transition in Proposal to Reduce Tailpipe Emissions
- EPA Proposes Mercury and Air Toxic Pollution Reductions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
- NCI Issues Strategic Plan
- Biden Administration to Expand Medicaid and ACA Health Care Access to DACA Immigrants
- Juul Settles with six States and D.C. over Youth Marketing Practices
- Texas Judge Strikes Affordable Care Act Preventive Services Requirement
- ATS Tells EPA to Set More Protective PM2.5 Standard
- ATS Testifies in Support of More Protective Ozone Standard
March
- ATS Lobbies Congress (Virtually!)
- ATS Comments on Healthcare Workforce Shortage
- Global TB Control Legislation Introduced
- Research News Quarterly
- EPA Final Good Neighbor Rule to Reduce Cross State Emission of Ozone Pollution
- ATS Supports NIH's Proposed Simplified Review Framework for Research Project Grant Applications
- Biden Unveils FY 2024 Budget Request - Provides Uneven Increases for NIH Institutes
- ATS Files Amicus Brief to Support EPA Authority to Regulate Pollution from Vehicles
- ATS Joins Public Health Community in Request for Tobacco Control Funding
- ATS Testifies at EPA Hearing in Support of More Protective PM Standards
- ATS Urges Action on Ozone Transport Rule
February
- ATS Participates in Survey of Telemedicine E/M CPT Codes
- ATS Leadership Meets Director of Newly Created ARPA-H
- FDA CTP Seeks Fines on Makers of Illegal E-cigarette Products
- END TB Now Act Introduced in the Senate
- Joint ATS/Chest Webinar on Final Medicare Rule Available on ATS Website
- EPA Issues Final Appropriate and Necessary Finding for Mercury and Air Toxic Emissions
- Biden Administration Announces Actions on Cancer Moonshot Initiative
- Biden Administration Announces End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
January
- FDA Denies Marketing of Two Menthol-Flavored E-Cigarette Products
- ATS & CHEST to Hold Joint Webinar on 2023 Medicare Coding and Billing Changes
- Spending Bill Fixes Paperwork Barriers to VA Research - ATS Advocacy Win
- Congress and Administration Finally Complete FY23 Spending Bills – Research and Public Health Programs Receive Increases
- EPA Released Proposed New Particulate Matter Pollution Standard – Fails to Follow Expert Recommendations
- ATS & CHEST Hold Joint Webinar on 2023 Medicare Coding and Billing Changes
2022
December
- Administration Reminds Governors of Federal Emergency Funding to Respond to Triple Threat - COVID-19, RSV & Flu
- Texas Judge Rules Against FDA Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarettes
- Supreme Court Rejects Request to Stay Implementation of California Flavored Tobacco Ban
- Congress Passes One-Week Funding Extension - Continues Work on FY23 Funding Bill
- CDC Releases Publication: "Reported Tuberculosis in the United States"
- TB Legislation Moves in Senate
November
- EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions from Existing Oil and Natural Gas Extraction Operations
- Medicaid Expansion Approved in South Dakota
- FDA Issues Warning Letters to Company Illegally Marketing E-Cigarettes
October
- FDA Denies Menthol E-cigarette Product Application
- ATS Sends Letter to FDA Urging Nicotine Product Standard for All Tobacco Products
- White House Releases Nearly $1 Billion in Funds for Electric School Buses
- ACA's Preventative Care Requirement Under New Attack
- USAID Announces Eight-Year Strategy to End Tuberculosis
- World Health Organization's 2022 Global TB Report
- FDA Takes Makers of Illegal E-cigarettes Products to Court
- Dr. Arati Prabhaker Confirmed as Director of White House OSTP
- More Kids are Using E-Cigarettes - CDC Releases 2022 Youth Tobacco Survey Data
- 2022 NINR Director's Lecture Series: Health Equity
- ATS Responds to Proposed Rulemaking on Non-Discrimination
- Monica Bertagnolli, MD - New NCI Director
- ATS Joins Letter to Department of Energy Supporting Efficiency Standards for Furnaces
- House and Senate Pass Continuing Resolution
- EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights
September
- Philips Respironics Recalls Additional BPAP Devices
- ATS Participates in Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention
- President Biden Reports on Cancer Moonshot Initiative
- President Biden Appoints Dr. Renne Wegrzyn Inaugural ARPA-H Director
- State Attorneys General Research Tentative Settlement with Juul for Marketing Nicotine to Kids
- Federal Judge Rules Against ACA Requirement on Cover HIV-Prevention Drugs
- ATS Submits Comments to CMS on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- Congress Holds Hearing on Car Air Pollution Control Defeat Devices
August
- California Moves to Phase-In Sale of 100 Percent Zero-Emissions Vehicles by 2035
- Inflation Reduction Act Strengthens EPA's authority to Regulate GHG emissions
- Dr. Fauci Stepping Down as Director of the NIAID
- Biden Signs Major Climate, Health and Tax Bill Into Law
July
- July 2022 Issue of ATS Research News Quarterly Available
- Manchin and Schumer Reach Agreement on Major Climate, Health, and Tax Bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee Markup of FY 2023 Spending Bills
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Payment Cuts in Proposed CMS Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule
- Federal Court in Texas to Hear New Challenge to ACA
- Monica Bertagnolli Pre-Announcement
- SCOTUS Scales Back EPA's Authority to Respond to Climate Change
- Court Temporarily Blocks FDA's Action to Remove Juul from US Market
June
- FDA Orders Juul Products Removed from US Market
- FDA Announces Plans to Issue Nicotine Product Standard for Combustible Tobacco Products
- ATS Comments on EPA's Proposal to Address Cross State Ozone Pollution
- HHS Delays Action on MAC Decision to List Tezspire as a Self-Administered Drug
- House Subcommittee Provides Increase in NIH, CDC Funding
- House Appropriations Committee Moves Other Key Spending Bills
- ATS Testifies to the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
- ATS Comments on FDA Proposed Rules to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
- House Subcommittee Recommends Increase for VA Research
- FDA Schedules Sessions to Collect Public Input on Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Rule
- Impact of COVID-19 Health Misinformation in the Digital Information Environment
- ATS Submits Written Testimony on Fiscal Year 2023
April
- FDA Issues Proposed Rules to Remove Menthol from Cigarettes and Flavors from Cigars
- Federal Judge Rules Mask Mandate Exceeds CDC's Public Health Authority - Biden Administration to Appeal
- ATS Testifies in Support of EPA Proposal Rule to Reduce Downwind Ozone
- NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for DEIA
- ATS Participates in EPA Public Hearing on Diesel Truck and Heavy Duty Emissions Rule
- FDA Issues Deadline for Synthetic Nicotine Tobacco Products to Submit Applications
- President Biden Releases Proposed FY23 Budget
March
- 2022-2027 Strategic Plan for the NIH Center for Scientific Review
- ATS Recognizes World TB Day 2022
- The ATS Asks Biden Administration to Take Action on Tobacco Control
- ATS Holds Virtual Hill Day
- President Biden Signs Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Law
- Congress Passes FY22 Spending Bill
- Congress Gives FDA Authority to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine as a Tobacco Product
- EPA Takes Three Major Actions to Address Air Quality
- ATS Conduct RUC Survey of Advanced Care Planning CPT Codes
- ATS Comments on OSTP's RFI: Strengthening Community Health Through Technology
February
- ATS Tells EPA to Issue More Protective Particulate Matter Standard
- ATS Supports EPA's Decision to Regulate Mercury & Air Toxics from Power Plants
- Senate Confirms Robert Califf, M.D. as FDA Commissioner
- DOJ Issues Finding that May Limit Outside Salary Support for VA Investigators
- Congress Passes Short-Term Continuing Resolution
- Congressional Leaders Make Progress on FY22 Spending Bills
- The American Thoracic Society Urges Passafe of Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations
- CMS Expands Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening
- ATS Accepting Applications for Health Equity Fellowships
- EPA Issues "Necessary and Appropriate" Finding to Support Mercury and Air Toxics Regulations
January
- ATS Briefing with NIEHS Director Rick Woychik, PhD
- ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Errata
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Pivotal US Supreme Court Case on Climate Change Regulation
- NHLBI Director Shares Research Vision with Community Leaders
- White House Launches At-Home COVID-19 Test Campaign
- NIH Sleep Research Plan Congressional Briefing, Jan. 25, 2022
- HHS Extends COVID Public Health Emergency 90-Days
- U.S. Supreme Court Blocks OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination Rule – Allows CMS Vaccination Rule to Move Forward
- ATS Issues Next Edition of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly with Webinar
- ATS Urges Biden Administration to Issue Updated Regulation on Heavy Diesel Engines
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on CMS and OSHA COVID Vaccine Rules
2021
December
- President Biden Signs Law to Avert 2022 Medicare Payment Cuts
- ATS Responds to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on Climate Change
- NIH Releases New Sleep Research Agenda
- Congress Approves Short-Term Funding Measure
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CMS Issues Proposed Expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility
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ATS Urges FDA to Take Swift Action on Synthetic Nicotine Products
- ATS Testifies at EPA Public Hearing for More Protective Particulate Matter Standard
- ATS Testifies in Support of EPA Regulation of Methane Gas Emissions
- Response to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute on the Science of Engagement
- ATS Urges Court to Support CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Health Care Workers
- ATS Urges Prioritizing AHD/AIDS and TB Treatment in Unitaid's 2022-2026 Investment
- Bill to Accelerate Research Introduced in Congress - Cures 2.0 Act
November
- ATS Urges Congress to Support Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and CDC Funding Increases
- ATS Testifies at EPA Public Hearing for More Protective Particulate Matter Standard
- CMS Issues Proposed Expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility
- ATS Comments on EPA Strategic Plan
- ATS Urges an Increase in Fiscal Year 2023 Tobacco Control Programs
- ATS Urges Congress to Support Research and Public Health Funding Increases
- ATS Urges Congress to Support Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and CDC Funding Increases
- ATS Testifies at EPA Public Hearing for More Protective Particulate Matter Standard
- CMS Issues Proposed Expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility
- ATS Comments on EPA Strategic Plan
- ATS Urges an Increase in Fiscal Year 2023 Tobacco Control Programs
- ATS Urges Congress to Support Research and Public Health Funding Increases
- ATS and CHEST Re-Survey of Hospital Inpatient/Observations Care Services
- CMS Releases Final 2022 Medicare Payment Rules - Key Changes for ATS Members
- EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Operations
- Comprehensive TB Control Legislation Introduced in the House
- ATS Urges Congress to Enact NIH Funding Increase
October
- Global TB Deaths on the Rise
- Reported Tuberculosis in the US, 2020
- EPA to Reconsider Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard
- Health Provisions in the Reconciliation Package
- Congressional Democrats and President Appear to Reach Agreement on Budget Reconciliation Package – Providing Big Boost for Climate Change Programs
- FDA Authorized Mint Flavored Tobacco Products
- Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2022 Funding Proposals
- FDA Authorizes First E-cigarette Product
- ATS Urges Congress to Provide Steady Funding for Federal Research Programs
- ATS Urges G20 Nations to Invest in TB Vaccine Research
- ATS Comments on ICER Severe Asthma Draft Report
- ATS Joins Letter Seeking Increased Funding for Global and Domestic TB Programs
- ATS Joins Letter to Congress in Support of Increased Federal Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products
September
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief to Hold FDA Accountable for Action on Menthol Cigarettes
- OMB Meeting on Methane
- EPA Issues Final Rule to Phase-Down HFC Emissions
- ATS Joins Letter to Biden Administration, Urging an End to Coal Mining on Federal Lands
- ATS Joins Letter Urging Medicaid to Allow Scheduled Dialysis Coverage of Non-Citizens
- ATS Comments on Medicare Proposed Payment Rules
- ATS Joins Letter in Support of Additional Visas for Researchers
- FDA Meets Court Deadline – But Fails to Address Major E-cigarette Makers
- Biden Administration Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
- EPA Announces Members of Key Advisory Committees
- Next Week Promises Major Milestone in FDA’s Regulation of Tobacco Products
August
- Next Week Promises Major Milestone in FDA's Regulation of Tobacco Products
- EPA Announces Members of Key Advisory Committees
- ATS Sends Letter Urging UK Government to Review Big Tobacco Giant PMI Takeover of Vectura
- Senate Considers Lowering Medicare Eligibility and Addressing Prescription Drug Costs
- ATS Washington Office Welcomes New Staff Member - Valerie Adelson
- Biden Administration Issues New Policy on Clean Cars
- ATS Joins Letter to EPA Urging Stronger Methane Emissions Regulation
- ATS Urges Congress to Provide Funding for Electric School Buses
- ATS Join CHEST in Letter to CMS on Supplemental Oxygen Coverage
- Senate Appropriations Provides Increase of VA Medical and Prosthetics Research Program
- Senate Appropriations Passes FY22 Agriculture/FDA Bill
July
- Medicare Releases Proposed Medicare Physician Payment Rule
- Sen. Markey Introduces Air Pollution Monitoring Bill
- ATS Opposes Big Tobacco Purchase of Respiratory Inhaler Company
- House Takes First Steps in FY22 Research and Public Health Funding
- ATS Submits Comments to EPA on HFC Phase Down Rule
- EPA Provides Additional Funding for Air Pollution Monitoring
June
- ATS Testifies on Proposal to Rescind Trump Cost-Benefit Rules for EPA Regulations
- ATS Urges President Biden to Lead Global COVID Response Effort
- ATS Provides Input Justice40 Initiative
- ATS and CHEST Conduct Survey of Hospital Inpatient, E/M Consultation Visits, and Prolonged Service Codes
- ATS Testifies on EPA Proposal to Rescind Trump Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Rule
- Biden Administration Releases FY22 Budget - Proposes Increases for NIH, CDC, EPA and VA Research
May
- EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Phase-Down Use of HFCs
- ATS and California Thoracic Society Go to Court to Support Los Angeles Tobacco Law
- EPA Moves to Restore California Clean Air Waiver Authority
- Contact Your Senators by May 6, 2021 & Urge Them to Sign Casey-Burr NIH Letter
- FDA to Propose Rule to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Characterizing Flavored Cigars
- FDA Releases List of 6 Million Deemed Tobacco Products Under Review
- ATS Meets with EPA Administrator Michael Regan To Share Policy Priorities
- ATS Joins Letter to Congress Urging Support for Biomedical Research
April
- ATS Submits Recommendations on Racial Equity and Diversity to NIH
- Biden Administration Ends Fetal Tissue Research Restriction
- ATS Presents Comments Before NASEM on Health Hazards of Premium Cigars
- Court Ordered Decision on Menthol Cigarettes Expected Next Week
- Biden Administration Revokes Trump Rule – Grants States Authority to Set Vehicle GHG Standards
- Biden Administration Issues GHG Reduction Pledge
- ATS Holds Environmental Hill Week
March
- ATS Commemorates World TB Day
- ATS Comments to State Dental Boards
- ATS Urges Medicare to Cover Phrenic Nerve Stimulation for CNS
- COVID-19 Relief Bill Enacted into Law
- ATS Supports Increased Funding for CDC Tobacco Control Programs
- 2021 Virtual ATS Advocacy Week
- Senate Begins Voting on COVID-19 Relief Bill
- ATS Research News Quarterly
- House Committee Introduces Comprehensive Climate Legislation
- ATS Joins Letter Urging FDA to Ban Menthol and Other Flavored Tobacco Products
February
- ATS Urges HHS to Act on Supplemental Oxygen Shortages
- House Set to Consider COVID-19 Relief Bill Week of Feb. 22
- ATS Joins Letter Urging Electrification of Vehicles
- Pediatric Pulmonologists – CPT 94770 Deletion and Next Steps
- Senate Passes Budget Measure, Paving Way for Action on Biden COVID Relief Bill
- Another Win: Censoring Science Court Battle
January
- Court Delays Implementation of Censoring Science Rule
- Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Plans to Combat COVID-19
- Biden Administration Releases COVID-19 Recovery Plan
- Biden Administration Issues Executive Order on Wide Range of Environmental Issues
- Court Strikes Down Trump GHG Rule
- ATS Submits Sleep Apnea Screening Recommendations to USPSTF
- Last Chance to Register for the Joint ATS/CHEST Webinar on Medicare 2021 Final Rule
- Congress Bans Mailing of E-Cigarette/Subjects E-Cigarettes to Federal Excise Taxes
- Joint ATS/CHEST Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About the CMS 2021 Final Payment Rule
- Trump EPA Issues Rule to Protect Industry from Future Climate Regulations
- COVID-19 Relief Package Includes Important Climate Change Provisions
- NIH Receives $1.2 Billion Funding Increase for 2021
- COVID-19 Relief Legislation
- Congress Makes Major Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- ATS/CHEST Hold Joint Webinar on Medicare 2021 Final Rule
- EPA Finalizes Censoring Science Rule
2020
December
- Brief Weekend Government Shutdown Likely as Congress Struggles to Reach Spending Agreement
- COVID-19 Relief Legislation
- Joint ATS/CHEST Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About the CMS 2021 Final Payment Rule
- Congress Working to Finalize 2021 Spending and COVID-19 Stimulus
- COVID-19 Relief Legislation
- ATS Joins Letter Seeking Climate Change Funding
- Environmental Protection Agency Retains Current Particulate Matter Standard
- EPA Issues Cost/Benefit Rule that Ignores Health Benefits of Clean Air
- ATS December Research News Quarterly is Out!
- ATS Submits Recommendations on NIH COVID Research Plan
- CDC Issues New COVID Guidance – For First Time Recommends Universal Mask Use
- CMS Increases E/M Payments, Cuts Other Services in Final Medicare Physician Payment Rule
- COVID-19 Relief Legislation
- Budget and Appropriations
November
- ATS Joins with Critical Care Professional Societies to Call for National COVID-19 Strategy
- ATS Surveys New Pulmonary Rehabilition CPT Codes
- Congress Negotiating on 2021 Spending and COVID-19 Stimulus
- ATS Health Policy Committee Commentary on ICE Proposal Affecting International Medical Trainees
- Supreme Court Hears ACA Case Arguments
- ATS Surveys New Pulmonary Rehabilitation CPT Codes
- Senate Appropriators Release 2021 Health Funding Proposals
- ATS Joins Health Groups in Urging FDA to Act on Menthol Cigarettes
- Voters Support Tobacco Control Ballot Measures
October
- ATS Urges ICE to Withdraw Duration of Status Proposal for J-1 Physician Trainees
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarettes
- COVID-19 Threathens to Reverse TB Progress - WHO TB Report
- New Federal Antibiotic Resistance Action Plan Released
- Earn CME Credit in Upcoming Webinar on Initiating Tobacco Dependence Pharmacotherapy
- Next Issue of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Now Available
- 2021 Government Spending Measure Enacted
- House Energy and Commerce Committee Passess Oxygen Legislation
- ATS Joins Letter to EPA Urging More Protective Ozone Standard
September
- Court Temporarily Blocks EPA Rollback of Methane Emissions Rule
- House to Vote on 2021 Short-Term Government Spending Bill
- September Research News Quarterly
- Senate COVID-19 Relief Legislation Fails
- NIH Director Testifies Before Senate Panel on COVID-19 Vaccine
- ATS Calls for Revision of CDC COVID-19 Testing Guidelines
- CDC Data Shows Decline in Youth E-Cigarette Use, But Highlights the Lure of Flavored Products
August
- CMS Releases Proposed Medicare 2021 Payment Rule
- Senate Leaders Release Narrower COVID-19 Relief Legislation
- ATS Supports Pediatric Education Incentive Program Funding
- ATS Testifies Before Congress on Climate Change
- ATS Opposes EPA's Proposed Cost/Benefit Rule
- Progress on Federal COVID Relief Package; Deadline of Aug. 7 Set for Final Deal
- ATS Supports Research Infrastructure Funding Effort
July
- Senate Struggles to Move COVID Relief Package
- ATS Member Supports Fetal Tissue Research in Comments Before New Ethics Board
- House of Representatives Passes 2021 Health Spending Bill Including 13 Percent NIH Funding Increase
- Senate COVID Relief Legislation Stalls
- House Approves Funding Increase for VA Research Program
- Stop TB USA Calls for Strengthened Public Health Programs to Combat COVID and TB
- ATS Calls for More Protective Ozone Clean Air Standard
- ATS Opposes Trump COVID Data Reporting Policy
- Trump Administration Drops International Online Education Policy
- ATS Issues Statement Supporting NIAID Director Anthony Fauci
- Senate Working on COVID Relief Legislation
- House Appropriations Committee Approves 13 Percent Increase NIH Funding Increase in 2021
- Trump Administration Acts to Withdraw U.S. from WHO
- House Panel Approves NIH and Research Infrastructure Funding
- ATS Joins Medical Societies to Oppose Trump Administration Order Suspending Immigration Visas
- House Passes Affordable Care Act Expansion Legislation
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Support of California's Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Authority
- ATS Urges CMS to Waive Budget Neutrality in EM Payments
June
- House Panel Holds Hearing on Trump Administration Oversight of COVID-19 Pandemic
- ATS Joins Letter to EPA Calling for More Protective PM Standard
- ATS Joins Efforts Opposing U.S. Withdrawal from WHO
- ATS Calls for Moratorium on Tear Gas Use
- EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Change Clean Air Cost/Benefit Calculations
- Richard Woychik Appointed Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- June ATS Research News Quarterly Features Interview with NHLBI Director and COVID Series
- ATS Advocates for NHLBI COVID-Related Research
May
- ATS Submits Comments on EPA Transparency Rule
- ATS Testifies on EPA Final Particulate Matter Pollution Rule
- FDA Delays Graphic Warning Label Deadline By 120 Days
- House Passes Additional COVID-19 Relief Funding - Trump Threatens Veto
- ATS Urges US Supreme Court to Save the Affordable Care Act
- NIAID Director Fauci Testifies Before Senate Panel
- ATS Joins Effort Urging Funding for Pediatric Providers
- House Panel Holds Hearing on COVID-19 Response
- ATS Supports NIEHS COVID-19 Related Research
- ATS Joins Effort Urging Data Collection on Health Disparities Among COVID-19 Patients
- CMS Issues Revised COVID Coverage and Payment Policies - Increases Payment for Audio-Only Telemedicine
- ATS Urges Congress to Support U.S. Research Infrastructure
April
- Washington Enacts Additional COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill
- VA Issues FOA/RFA for COVID-19 Related Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research - Letter of Intent Deadline Friday, May 1st
- Court Extends FDA Tobacco Application Deadlines to Sept. 9, 2020
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Court Challenge to EPA GHG Rule
- Peer Societies Join ATS in Call for Further Congressional Action on COVID-19
- CMS Revises COVID-19 Telemedicine Coding Instructions
- EPA Finalizes Rollback of Mercury Air Toxics Rule
- EPA Issues Final Particulate Matter Standard
- ATS Issues COVID-19 Specific Coding and Billing Guidance for Physicians
- ATS Supports Funding for Surveillance of Secondary Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance Related to COVID-19
- ATS Asks Congress and Administration for Immediate Policy Action on COVID-19
- ATS Joins Efforts Supporting Public Health Funding For COVID-19 Response
- ATS Comments on Journal Access Proposal, Urges NIH to Provide Rapid Funding Mechanisms for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Implementation of COPD Action Plan
- EPA Rolls Back Vehicle Emissions and Mileage Requirements
- FDA Seeks Delay in Court Ordered E-Cigarette Application Deadline
March
- ATS and Sister Organizations Urge Continued Commitment to Social Distancing
- Congress Passes COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package
- ATS Joins AMA Urging Congress to Address Health Needs in COVID-19 Financial Relief Bill
- ATS Joins Patient Organizations Requesting CMS Waiver for In-Person Oxygen Certification/Re-certification
- ATS Commemorates World TB Day
- ATS Talks to President Trump, Vice President Pence and Senior Administration Officials About COVID19 Response
- CMS Expands Telehealth Services and Other Options for E-visits Effective March 6, 2020
- Second COVID-19 Response Measure Enacted; Coverage for COVID-19 Testing Included
- ATS Holds District Advocacy Week
- House Passes Comprehensive Tobacco Control Bill
- EPA Releases Next Version of "Secret Science Rule"
- Emergency Measure for Coronavirus Response Enacted
- Supreme Court to Hear Affordable Care Act Challenge
February
- Administration Proposes Moving Tobacco Regulation Out of FDA
- Trump 2021 Budget Proposes Deep Cuts to Health Research and Services Programs
- Trump Administration Offers Medicaid Block Grant Option to States
January
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Affordable Care Act Challenge
- ATS Testifies Before EPA Science Advisory Board
2019
December
- Congress Approves FY2020 Spending Deal Providing $2.6 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Congress Passes Tobacco-21 Legislation
- Appeals Court Splits ACA Decision - Striking Down Coverage Mandate But Sending Rest of Law Back to Lower Court
- Congressional Leaders Reach Deal on 2020 Spending to Avert Government Shutdown
- December Issue of ATS Research Quarterly is Available
- Court Affirms FDA's Authority to Regulate E-cigarette/Vape Products
- Senate Approves New FDA Commissioner
- ATS Notes Process and Policy Concerns with CASAC Review of Ozone and Particulate Matter
- ATS Needs Your Help - Recent Invoices for Bronchoscope and PFT Lab Spirometer
November
- Joint ATS/CHEST Webinar on 2020 CMS Payment Rules
- Congress Passes Short-Term 2020 Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown
- House Committee Passes Tobacco 21 Legislation
- White House Action on E-cigs/Vape Products in Doubt
- ATS Comments on Roll Back of EPA Rule to Limit Methane Emissions From Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
- ATS Testifies Before House Science Committee on Transparency and the Future of EPA Rulemaking
- ATS Recommends More Protective PM Standard
- White House Sends Mixed Signals on E-Cigarette Rules
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting PCORI Renewal
- ATS Participates in NHLBI COPD National Action Plan Meeting
- Update from the UNION World Conference on Lung Health
- UNION Symposium Showcases TB Vaccine Progress and Action Needed
- FDA Sends E-cigarette Proposal to White House for Final Review - Status of Mint/Menthol Flavors in Doubt
- ATS Asks Congress to Provide More COPD Funding at CDC
October
- ATS Comments on EPA Review of Particulate Matter Standard
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief in Michigan Flavor Ban Case
- ATS Voices Concern Over Tennessee Proposal to Convert Medicaid to Block Grant
- Congressional Leaders Planning Temporary 2020 Spending Measure to Prevent Government Shutdown
- WHO Report Shows That Despite Progress, TB Remains the Leading Global Infectious Killer
- CDC Issues Updated Numbers on E-cigarette-Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
- State Court Halts Michigan Ban on Flavored Vape/E-cig Products
September
- ATS Adopts Gun Violence Prevention Policy
- Preliminary NYTS Shows Increase in High School E-cigarette Use
- Senate Appropriations Panel Proposes $3 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Panel Provides Funding Increase for Global TB Program
July
- Congress and Administration Agree on Budget Deal to Increase Spending Caps
- House Holds Hearings on Juul
- More Medicare Beneficiaries Lose Access to Liquid Oxygen
- Court Orders E-cigarette Makers to Submit Products for FDA Review
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting Pediatric Education Incentives
- NIEHS Director Announces Retirement
June
- Senate Committee Passes Federal Tobacco-21 Law as Part of Medical Cost Package
- Trump Administration Orders Federal Agencies to Reduce Science Advisory Boards by One-Third
- ATS Research News Quarterly
- House Passes Spending Bill With $2 Billion Funding Increase
- ATS Leaders Meet with NIH Institutes
- ATS Supports Successful Congressional Effort to Prevent New Ethics Reviews of Extramural Fetal Tissue Research
- Reps. Engel and Young Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Put U.S. On the Path to TB Elimination
May
- House Committee Approves $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- ATS Opposes BC/BS Decision to Call Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy Experimental
- House Passes Climate Change Legislation
- House Holds Medicare for All Hearing
- House Panel Approves $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- House Panel Approves $840 million for VA Research
- Federal Tobacco-21 Bills Introduced in Congress
- ATS Joins Legal Action to Preserve Tobacco Product Warning Labels
April
- ATS and Partners Celebrate NHLBI Lung Division’s 50th Anniversary with DC Events
- Illinois Passes Tobacco 21 Law
- Congress Passes Bill to Improve Care for Children with Complex Conditions
March
- ATS Co-Sponsors World TB Day Events on Capitol Hill
- Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Association Health Plan Rule
- ATS Hosts VA Research Funding Briefing
- Members of EPA CASAC Question Morbidity Impacts of Air Pollution – ATS Responds
- ATS Hill Day 2019
- ATS Joins Letter Supporting Funding for CDC Tobacco Control Programs
- ATS Joins Comment Letter on EPA’s Carbon Standards for Power Plants
- Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to Health and Environmental Programs in Proposed FY2020 Budget
- FDA Issues Draft Enforcement Guidance on Tobacco Products
- Court Orders FDA to Finalize Cigarette Graphic Warning Labels by March 2020
- Trump Proposes Significant Cuts to Health and Environment Programs in Proposed FY2020 Budget
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting CDC Funding
- ATS2019 ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
- ATS Convenes TB Briefing with Partners
- ATS Testifies Before House Appropriation Committee on FY20 EPA Funding
- ATS Joins Amicus Brief in Case to Force Federal Response to Climate Change
February
- ATS/CHEST Survey Membership on Physician Office Visits
- ATS Research News Quarterly
- ATS Comments on OSHA Beryllium Standard
- ATS Comments on EPA Coal-Power Plant Carbon Emissions Standards
- Congress and the President Agree on Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown – Bill Provides Significant Funding Boost for Global TB
January
- Negotiations Resume After Two Failed Senate Votes to Reopen the Government
- ATS Now Accepting Applications for the 2019/2020 ATS Fellowship in Health Equality and Diversity
- Partial Government Shutdown Heads into Fifth Week with No Resolution in Sight
- ATS Opposes Delay in EPA Wood Stoves/Wood Furnaces Rule
- Partial Government Shutdown Continues
2018
December
- Federal Judge Rules Entire Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional
- Partial Government Shutdown Looms
- ATS Issues Concern Over Proposed Expanded Public Charge Determinations Rule
- House Passes Legislation to Coordinate Medicaid Services for Children with Complex Conditions
- ATS Members Oppose EPA Plans to Disband the CASAC Advisory Committee
- Another Survey Documents the Rapid Rise in Youth E-cigarette Use
- President Trump Signs Short-Term Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown
- ATS/CHEST Webinar on 2019 Medicare Payments Rules
November
- Partial Government Shutdown Looms
- ATS/CHEST Webinar on 2019 Medicare Payments Rules
- Trump Administration Releases Proposals Permitting States to Utilize ACA Subsidies for non-ACA Coverage Options
- CDC Releases Data on Youth E-cigarette Use
- FDA Promises Future Policy Action on E-cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products
- ATS Testifies on Proposed Roll Back of Methane Emissions Rule
- ATS/CHEST comment on Anthem FENO coverage policy
- Congress Returns to Capitol Hill for Lame Duck Session
- Medicaid Expansion Wins Ballot Initiatives in Three More States
- FDA Announces Approval of OTC Inhaled Epinephrine for Treatment of Asthma – ATS Registers Strong Concern
October
- ATS Convenes Child Health Congressional Briefing with Friends of NIEHS
- Legislation Banning Pharmacy Drug Price Gag Rules Signed into Law
- ATS Hill Day 2018
- ATS Members Speak in Opposition to EPA Proposed Rule to Weaken GHG Emissions
September
- United Nations Holds First High Level Meeting on TB
- President Trump Signs 2019 NIH Funding Increase into Law
- ATS Opposes Roll Back of Vehicle GHG Emissions Rule at EPA Hearing
- Senate Passes 2019 Health Spending Bill with NIH Funding Increase
- WHO TB Report Sets Stage for Historic U.N. Meeting on TB
- Children’s Hospitals GME Bill Signed into Law
- FDA Announces E-Cig Public Education Campaign Aimed at Kids
- FDA Announces Enforcement Actions on E-cigarettes – ATS Responds
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Riders to Limit FDA’s Authority to Regulate Tobacco Products
- House and Senate Finalize 2019 Health Spending Bill with NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Passes Premature Birth Research and Prevention Legislation
- ATS Joins Comments to CMS on Improving Medicare Patient Access to Supplemental Oxygen
- House and Senate Move to Reconcile 2019 Health Spending Bill
- Court Orders FDA to Move Forward with Graphic Warning Labels
- Senate Passes Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Renewal Bill
- Senators Urge Strong USG Engagement at UN TB Meeting
August
- Senate Passes $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase in 2019
- EPA Issues New Proposed Rules on Carbon Pollution Emissions for Power Plants
- CMS Floats MajorChanges to E/M Payment and Documentation in 2019 Proposed Rule
- Over 100 U.S. Representatives Join Bipartisan Letter Urging Strong U.S. Leadership at UN TB Meeting
- CMS Proposes Changes to Oxygen Under Competitive Bidding
- Glider Kits: Court Blocks EPA, the EPA Changes its Mind – For the Time Being
- ATS Testifies at EPA Censoring Science Public Hearing
- EPA Proposes to Rollback National Limits on Greenhouse Emissions
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Tobacco Law Suit
- ATS Submits Public Comments on FDA’s Plan to Regulate Tobacco Products
- Senate Working to Move 2019 Health Spending Bill with Defense Omnibus
- Action Alert - Support U.S. Leadership & Action to Halt TB Pandemic
- Senate Working to Move 2019 Health Spending Bill with Defense Omnibus
July
- House 2019 Spending Bill Advances with NIH Funding Increase
- House Panel Holds Hearing on Global Tuberculosis
- EPA Creates Loop Holes for Dirty Trucks
- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Resigns
June
- Senate and House Panels Approve NIH Funding Increase
- ATS and Partners Hold Capitol Hill Reception to Honor NHLBI 70th Anniversary
- ATS Leaders Meet with NIH Institutes
- Trump Administration Expands Association Health Plans
- House Panel Approves $41 Million Increase for USAID TB Program
- House Panel Proposes $1.25 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Justice Dept. Will Not Defend ACA Patient Protections
- ATS Passes Resolutions at the AMA House of Delegates
- Senate Provides Increase for VA Research Program
- ATS Joins Physician/Public Health Groups in Support of the CDC Office of Smoking and Health
- ATS Participates in United Nations Hearing on TB and Meeting with U.S. UN Mission
May
- House Appropriations Committee Provides Increase for VA Research Program
- House Considers Fiscal Year 2019 FDA Funding
- ATS Requests Extension in Public Comment Period for Proposed EPA Data Rules
- EPA Proposes Condense NAAQS Review Process
- Administration Proposes Reductions in Children’s Health Insurance Program Funding
April
- Proposed Data Rules Would Exclude Vital Science from EPA Decision-Making Process
- ATS Urges Congress to Provide Increased Research and Health Services Funding in 2019
- ATS Joins Comments Opposing Clean Power Plan Repeal
- Sixteen Senators Urge Increased Domestic TB Funding
- ATS Leads Medical Organization Sign-on Letter Opposing Tobacco Riders
- Trump Administration Finalizes New ACA Rules, Shifting Some Insurance Standards to States
- NIH Director Testifies Before House Panel
- EPA Announces Roll Back of Vehicle Efficiency Standards/Greenhouse Gas Standards
- ATS Joins Letters to OMB on Benefits of Clean Air
- ATS Joins Call to Increase AHRQ Funding
March
- New CDC Director Named
- EPA Considers Roll Back of Car/Light Truck Vehicle Emissions and Efficiency Standards
- ATS Holds Hill Briefing on COPD and Rural Health
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality: Call for Applications
- Congress Approves $3 Billion NIH Increase as Part of 2018 Spending Package
- ATS Convenes World TB Day Events with Partners
- EPA Administrator Pruitt Promises Regulatory Science “Reform”
- FDA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Flavorings, including Menthol, in Tobacco Products
- FDA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule-Making on FDA Regulation of Cigars
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality: Call for Applications
- 9th District Court Orders EPA to Move Forward with Ozone Rule
- FDA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rule-Making on Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes
- AHRQ Drafts Research Plan for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women
- ATS Conducts Maximal Breathing Test RUC Survey
- ATS Partners with Friends of NIEHS, Michael J. Fox Foundation on Congressional Briefing
- House Passes Legislation to Delay Clean Air Act Rules
- Court Says Kids and Climate Case Can Continue
February
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in the Cross State Air Pollution Rule Case
- February Issue of ATS Research News Quarterly
- Congress Passes/President Signs Budget Deal
- Medicare Provisions in Budget Package – Non-MD Supervision of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Programs
- Administration to Release 2019 Budget Proposing Significant NIH Reduction
- Congress Takes On Funding Numbers, No Progress on Dreamers; Government Shutdown Potential Remains
- CDC Director Resigns
January
- Government Shutdown Ended But Threat Looms Again
- Senate Confirms Azar as Health and Human Services Secretary
- ATS and Colleagues Urge HHS to Address Issues with Access to Supplemental Oxygen
- Last Chance to Register: ATS Hosts Coding and Billing Educational Webinar for ATS members
- Federal Government Shutdown Looms as Congress Fails to Agree on Annual Spending
- What Happens In a Government Shutdown?
- Senate Panel Approves Health and Human Services Secretary Nomination
- ATS Hosts Coding and Billing Educational Webinar for ATS members
- Congress Working on Short-term Measure to Avert Government Shutdown
- Children’s Health Insurance Funding Renewal Now Likely
- Contact Your Members of Congress and Urge Them to Restore Children’s Health Insurance Funding
- Senate Panel Considers Health and Human Services Secretary Nomination
- RSVP Now! Coding & Billing Webinar
- EPA Extends Comment Deadline on Clean Power Plan Repeal Proposals, Holds Additional Hearings
- ATS Signs Letter Opposing EPA Rollback of Dirty Diesel Truck Rule
- ATS Hosts Coding and Billing Educational Webinar for ATS members
- Contact Your Members of Congress and Urge Them to Restore Children’s Health Insurance Funding
- Congress Rushing to Tackle Long List of Must-Pass Legislation
2017
December
- ACA Health Insurance Mandate Repeal Signed into Law as Part of Tax Reform
- Congress Passes Short-term Spending Measure, Punting Final 2018 Spending
- Congress Set to Pass Temporary CHIP Funding Fix
- Court Orders EPA to Issue Ozone Schedule
- Congress Set to Repeal ACA Health Insurance Mandate As Part of Tax Reform
- Congress Rushing to Finalize Government Funding, Children’s Health Insurance, Other Measures by Dec. 22
- Congress Passes Temporary 2018 Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown, But Continued Budget Battles Loom
- Senate Panel Holds Hearing with NIH and FDA on Implementation of 21st Century Cures Law
- ATS Joins Letter to EPA Opposing Delay of Methane Rule
- Senate Passes Tax Bill with ACA Mandate Repeal; Differing House and Senate Bills Must Now Be Reconciled
- ATS Urges Administration to Maintain Essential Health Benefits and Other Patient Protections
- ATS Joins Effort Supporting CDC Chronic Disease Center
- ATS Testifies in Opposition to Clean Power Plan Repeal
- ATS Sues EPA for Failure to Enforce Ozone Clean Air Standard
- ATS Testifies in Opposition to Dirty Diesel Truck Emissions Limit Repeal
November
- First Global Ministerial Conference on Tuberculosis Convenes in Moscow
- EPA Proposes to Repeal Rule on Refurbished Diesel Truck Engines
- Tobacco 21 Bills introduced in Congress
- ATS Co-Hosts COPD Congressional Briefing
- Senate Committee Passes Tax Bill with ACA Mandate Repeal; House Tax Bill Silent on ACA Mandate
- Congressional Leaders Consider Elimination of Orphan Drug Tax Credit and Medical Expenses Deduction as Part of Tax Reform
- House Votes to Extend CHIP Funding Renewal
- EPA Administrator Blocks EPA Grantees from Serving on Advisory Committees
- EPA Holds Clean Power Repeal Hearing in Charleston, W.V.
- ATS Joins Court Action in Support of Warning Labels for Cigars
October
- Congressional Republicans Release Alternate Plan to Restore Insurer ACA Payments
- Judge Rules Administration Need Not Restore Insurer Payments; Alexander-Murray Health
Bill Won’t Increase Uninsured Rate - Sens. Alexander and Murray Introduce Bill to Stabilize Health Insurance Markets
- EPA Administrator Pruitt to Limit Scientist Participation on EPA Advisory Panels
- Burn Pits Funding Provision Included in Defense Bill
- Trump Administration Announces Decision to Stop ACA Subsidy Payments
- Trump Signs Executive Order to Change ACA Individual Insurance Market Rules
- Trump EPA to Withdraw Clean Power Plan
September
- NY and NJ Senators Introduce Bill Requiring Sleep Apnea Screening/Treatment for Transportation Workers
- Senate Halts ACA Repeal and Replace Effort
- Senate Set to Vote Next Week on Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill
- ATS Supports Legislation to Increase Federal Tobacco Taxes
- ATS Comments on 2018 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- ATS Comments on 2018 Proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Rule
- ATS Testifies at Congressional Hearing in Support of Clean Air Act
- ATS Signals Support of Legislation to Address Climate Change
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Withdrawal of Proposed Sleep Screening Rule
- Senate Deal Struck on Children's Health Insurance Program Renewal
- ATS Joins Rally for Medical Research on Capitol Hill Day
- Senate Committee Approves $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cuts to NIH Indirects
- ATS Testifies in Support of EPA Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Standards
- Senate Panel Approves Global TB Funding Increase
- House Considers Global TB Funding
August
- World Lung Day Petition
- Court Affirms DOT Rule Banning E-Cigarette Use During Flight
- FDA Announces New Vision for Tobacco Regulation
- EPA Reverses Decision to Delay Ozone Standard Implementation
- Looking Ahead: Bipartisan Legislation?
- Looking ahead: Courts and the Administration
- ATS Member Advocacy Helps Protect ACA
July
- House Cuts Tobacco Control Funding
- House Committee Approves NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Expected to Vote on ACA Repeal This Week
- House Releases Draft FY18 Interior/EPA Appropriations Bill
- ATS Opposes EPA Delay of the Methane Rule
- ATS Sues EPA Over Ozone Rule Delay
- House Appropriations Committee Votes to Restrict FDA Tobacco Control
- New CDC Director Named
- House Panel Approves NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Leadership Releases Revised ACA Repeal and Replace Bill – Votes Begin Week of July 24
June
- Senate Leaders Postpone ACA Repeal Bill Vote
- Action Alert
- ATS Leaders Meet with NIH Institutes and Federal Agencies
- House Committee Passes Bill to Weaken EPA Ozone Standards
- Senate ACA Repeal and Replace Bill Released
- July Advocacy Webinar
- The ATS urges members to call their senators NOW to urge them to vote NO on the Senate ACA Repeal bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act!
- CMS Analysis Predicts House Passed AHCA Will Add 13 Million Uninsured and Raise Net Costs for Health Insurance
- Senate Panel Hears Testimony from NIH Director
- House Subcommittee Passes Bill to Weaken Clean Air Act
- Senate Drafts Health Reform Legislation in Secret
- CMS Analysis Predicts House-Passed AHCA Will Add 13 Million Uninsured and Raise Net Costs for Health Insurance.
- House Subcommittee Passes Bill to Weaken Clean Air Act
- Contact Your Senators to Support Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans!
- NIH Scraps Controversial Grant Cap
- Collins to Continue As NIH Director
- EPA Announces Delay in Ozone Rule Enforcement
- Trump Says U.S. Will Leave Paris Climate Accord
- Trump Budget Proposes Radical Cuts to NIH, EPA and other Agencies
May
- ATS Joins Letter Urging HHS Secretary Price to Take Action on FDA Regulation of Tobacco
- Improve Your Billing and Coding Skills
- ATS Rally: Lab Coats for Lungs – Bring Your Lab Coat!
- ATS Rally on Capitol Hill: Lab Coats for Lungs
- New AHRQ Director Appointed
- Senate Confirms Gottlieb as FDA Commissioner
- Senate Rejects Effort to Roll Back Methane Rule
- House Passes American Health Care Act
- 2017 Spending Bill Provides $2 Billion NIH Funding Increase
- Trump Administration Sends Concerning Signals on Tobacco Regulation
- Contact Your Senators & Urge Them to Sign NIH Letter
April
- ATS Participates in FDA Meeting on Cough Suppressant Medications
- DC District Court of Appeals Delays EPA MATS Case
- House Republicans Nearing Agreement on ACA Repeal Bill
- Congress Passes Temporary Budget
- House of Representatives May Consider New ACA Repeal and Replace Bill
- EPA Requests Delay in Mercury Air Toxics Court Case
- FDA Issues New Restrictions on Codeine and Tramadol Prescription Medications
- FDA Seeks Public Reporting of Tobacco Product Safety Issues
- DC District Court of Appeals Grants Trump Delay in EPA Ozone Case
- DC District Court of Appeals Requires Air Pollution Emission Reporting from Large Farms
- Congressional Letter Urges NIH Funding Increase
- House Subcommittee Passes Legislation to Ban Smoking at all VA Facilities
March
- ATS Goes to Capitol Hill
- ATS Convenes World TB Day Congressional Briefing with Partners
- House Pulls Repeal and Replace Bill; Speaker Ryan Says, "We will be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future."
- ATS Testifies on Clean Air
- TB Survivors Advocate in DC
- ATS Opposes "Regulatory Reform Bills" That Would Delay Clean Air Improvements
- ACA Repeal and Replace Advances in House
- Trump Budget Proposes Radical Cuts to NIH, EPA and other Agencies
- The Administration Budget Proposal: The ATS Responds
- ATS Joins Effort to Support Federal Research and Public Health Workforce
- ATS Surveys Unattended Sleep Studies
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cigar Exemption
- Meet your Congressional Delegation in DC!
February
- ATS Surveys Unattended Sleep Studies
- 2017 ATS Fellowship in Health Equality – ATS Accepting Applications for Award
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality – ATS Accepting Applications for the 2017 Award
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Support of OSHA Silica Rule
- ATS Joins Letter Expressing Concerns with Trump Immigration Executive Orders
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality – ATS Accepting Applications for the 2017 Award
- New Health and Human Services Secretary Confirmed
- ATS Joins Letter to Congress Supporting NIH Funding
- ATS Supports Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Repeal of the Methane and Waste Prevention Rule
January
- ATS Urges DC District Court of Appeals to Affirm EPA Mercury Rule
- January Issue of ATS Coding and Billing Quarterly Now Available
- Collins to Remain as NIH Director – For Now
- NIH Issues Final Common Rule Changes
- Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Appears Before Senate Committee
- OSHA Issues Revised Beryllium Exposure Limit
- House Passes Two "Regulatory Reform" Bills
- NIH Director Submits Resignation
- CMS Makes Major Change in How It Reimburses Moderate/Conscious Sedation
- ATS Urges Congress to Ensure Health Coverage for All Americans
2016
December
- E-Cigarette Report Released by U.S. Surgeon General
- FDA Issues Warning Letter to Several Companies for Selling Flavored Cigarettes
- President Elect-Trump Announces Scott Pruitt as EPA Nominee
- Congress Passes Temporary 2017 Spending Measure
- Congress passes 21st Century Cures Research Bill
- ATS and Partners Educate Congressional Staff on Tuberculosis
November
- NIEHS 50th Anniversary Events in Washington, DC
- ATS Opposes Provision to Weaken FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Riders to Block EPA Authority
- EPA Ends Medical Use Exemption for CFCs in Respiratory Drugs
- CMS Issues Final Medicare Fee Schedule Rule for 2017
- CMS Final OPPS Rule Includes Unwelcomed Surprise for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Payments
- New Administration – New Priorities
October
- CMS Releases Final MACRA Rule
- TB Cases and Deaths Continue to Rise Globally
- ATS Supplemental Oxygen Survey: Open for One More Week
- Patient and Physician Groups Sue FDA to Issue Tobacco Graphic Warning Labels
- Rare Pediatric Disease Incentive Program Extended
- USG Releases MDR-TB Action Plan Progress Report
- Congress Passes 2017 Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown
- NHLBI Releases COPD National Action Plan
- DC District Court of Appeals Hears EPA Green House Gas Regulation Case
September
July
- ATS Hill Day 2016
- House Panel Approves FY2017 Health Spending Bill
- House Cuts EPA Funding/Blocks EPA Rules
- ATS Opposes Cuts in CDC Tobacco Control Program
- House Panel Approves Health Spending Bill with NIH Funding
June
- ATS Urges Senate to Support Department of Defense Biomedical Research
- Obama White House Strikes E-Cigarette Flavoring Rules
May
- FDA Issues Final Cigar, E-Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Regulation
- ATS Offers Free Coding and Billing Sessions at Annual Meeting
April
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in EPA Ozone Case
- ATS Offers Free Coding and Billing Sessions at Annual Meeting
- 2nd Anniversary of the Proposed FDA Tobacco Regulation Passes without a Final Rule
- New AHRQ Director Named
- Research Advocacy Committee Advocates for Research Funding on Capitol Hill
- House Agriculture Funding Bill Includes Bad Tobacco Provisions
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Ozone Standards Implementation Act Bill
- ATS Joins Letter Taking President Obama to Task for Delays in FDA Tobacco Deeming Rule
- ATS Supports Legislation to Help Veterans with Respiratory Illnesses
- House and Senate Provide Increase in VA Research Funding
- Bill Incentivizing Antibiotic Development Passes Senate Panel
- Senate Panel Hears From NIH Director Francis Collins, MD
- The ATS Comments on Latent TB Screening Proposal
- ATS Filing Support's EPA's Plan to Regulate Carbon Pollution
- Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Meets
March
- OSHA Issues New Silica Standards
- ATS Convenes World TB Day Congressional Briefing
- TB Survivors Advocate in Washington, DC
- ATS Supports Pediatric Device Incentivization Effort
- Senators Urge Strong NIH Commitment for 2017
- Senators Support Increased Funding for Global and Domestic TB Efforts
- ATS Participates in Antibiotic Resistance Advocacy Day
February
- President Obama Unveils Proposed 2017 Budget
- MEMBER Billing Alert for Providers Performing Bronchoscopies with EBUS
- U.S. Supreme Court Stays EPA Clean Power Plan
- CMS Issues Clarification on LDCT Lung Cancer Screening Program
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality
January
- ATS Advocates for Chronic Care Coordination for Respiratory, Critical Illness and Sleep Patients
- Federal Court of Appeals Decides Against Big Tobacco
- Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act Signed into Law
- ATS Supports HUD Smoke-Free Proposal
- Launch of the National Action Plan for Combating Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
- House Passes Affordable Care Act Repeal
- CMS Sends Unclear Message on Lung Cancer Screen Shared Decision Making Visit – CMS Correction Expected Shortly.
2015
December
- NIH Releases Strategic Plan
- Congress Passes Omnibus Funding Bill
- Final Spending Agreement Eludes Congress
- ATS Opposes Changes to EPA Scientific Advisory Board Process
- Webinar: New LDCT Lung Cancer "Shared Decision Making" Policy
- Webinar: New LDCT Lung Cancer "Shared Decision Making" Policy
- Senate Passes Legislation to Repeal Parts of the Affordable Care Act
- ATS Meets with White House Staff to Discuss FDA Tobacco Rules
- ATS Urges EPA to Regulate Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Extraction
November
- Congress Votes to Block EPA's Clean Power Plan
- Senate Passes Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bill Passes – Includes VA Research Bump
- ATS Supports CDC Funding
- ATS Supports Infectious Disease Incentive
- HUD Proposes Smoking Ban in Public Housing
- ATS Joins Letter to USPSTF on Tobacco Cessation Guidance
- Senate Measure to Repeal Affordable Care Act Hits Snag
- ATS Comments on OSHA's proposed Beryllium Standard
- CMS Releases 2016 Rules for Medicare Programs – Provides Guidance on Lung Cancer Shared Decision Making Visit
- TB Experts Urge Release of National Action Plan to Combat Drug Resistant TB
October
- House Passes Budget Deal
- TB Deaths Now Outpacing HIV/AIDS Deaths
- ATS Participates in USAID TB Symposium in DC
- ATS Joins Letters to CMS Expressing Concerns with Meaningful Use Requirements
- ATS Supports Antibiotic Resistance Funding
- Congressional Briefing Showcases Advances by Children's Environmental Health Centers
- ATS Joins Letter Supporting NIOSH Funding
- ATS Joins Letter to CMS on Quality Measures
- Bill Introduced to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
- Senate Committee Discusses NIH Research & Funding
- U.S. Moves to ICD-10 Coding System
- EPA Issues Final Ozone Standard
- ATS Joins Letter Urging FDA to Take Action E-Cig Liquid Nicotine
- Congress Passes 2016 Spending Measure Averting Government Shutdown – For Now
- New Advisory Council on Antibiotic Resistance Holds First Meeting
- House Committee Passes Legislation Requiring Child-Resistant Packaging for Liquid Nicotine
- Senate Adopts Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Resolution
September
- Mandatory ICD-10 Coding Starts Next Week
- ATS Joins Letter Urging FDA to Take Action E-Cig Liquid Nicotine
- PA ATS Members Meet with Key House Representative
- TB Drug Price Reduced After Pressure from TB Community
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Tobacco Riders
- ATS Comments on HOPPS and Physician Fee Schedule Rules
- HHS Issues Proposed Revisions to the "Common Rule"
- ATS Host Hill Briefing on Critical Care Illness
August
July
- U.S. House Passes 21st Century Cures Act; NIH Funding Increase Included
- ATS Engages Obama Administration on Drug-Resistant TB
- Senate Panel Approves 2016 Global TB Funding
- U.S. Supreme Court Remands EPA Mercury Air Toxic Rule
- FDA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Liquid Nicotine Warning Labels and Packaging
June
- Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies
- ATS Participates in White House Summit on Climate Change and Health
- ATS Testifies Before Senate EPW on Climate Change
- 2016 Spending Bills Progress; NIH Funding Increases Proposed
- ATS Opposes Tobacco Provisions in Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- ATS Testifies on EPA Ozone Rule
- House and Senate Appropriations Bills Include Clean Air Act Riders
- ATS Comments on Proposed Hospital Quality Measures
- ATS Urges U.S. House to Protect Public Health Funding
- House Panel Approves 2016 Health Spending Bill
- House Appropriations Committee Includes Tobacco Riders in Agriculture Appropriations Bill
- House Panel Approves Global TB Funding
- Senate Panel Approves TB Research Support
May
- ATS Comments on USPSTF Recommendations on Cessation
- House Research Legislation Advances
- Senate Appropriations Committee Provides Increase for VA Research
April
- House Appropriations Committee Increases VA Research Budget
- ATS Support Federal Scientists
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Set to Consider EPA Secret Science Bill
- ATS Joins Effort to Support Prevention and Public Health Fund
- SGR is Repealed!
- Physician Payment Sunshine Data Open for Physician Review
- ATS Joins Effort to Support Pediatric Rare Disease Research
- CDC Data Shows Spike in Youth E-Cigarette Use
- Senate Expected to Take Up SGR Bill Early Next Week
- ATS Host Health Disparities Briefing
- ATS Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of FDA Tobacco Panel Case
March
- House Passes SGR bill, Senate Delays Vote
- ATS Urges HUD to Adopt Smoke Free Public Housing Policy
- Administration Releases National Action Plan for Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- World TB Day Events in Washington
- Congress Passes 2016 Budget
- House Passes Secret Science Reform Act and EPA Advisory Board Act
- ATS Holds Annual Hill Day
- Bipartisan SGR Legislation Introduced, Votes Expected Soon
- ATS Joins Letter Expressing Concern with ICD-10 Implementation Issues
- US Supreme Court Hears King v. Burwell Case
- FDA Removes Tobacco Control Experts from FDA Advisory Panel
- NIH Leaders Testify Before House Panel on Antibiotic Resistance, COPD and TB
- ATS Joins Letter Opposing Cigar Bill
- ATS Sends Letter Opposing EPA "Secret Science" Bill
- ATS Hosts Briefing on ATS Climate Change Membership Survey
February
- CMS Issues Final CT Lung Cancer Screening Coverage Policy
- President Unveils Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
- ATS Convenes Congressional Briefing on Women's Lung Health with NHLBI and Patient Partners
January
- ATS Submits Amicus Brief in ACA Federal Subsidy Supreme Court Case
- Congress Holds Hearings on SGR Fix
- ATS Urges EPA to Adopt More Protective Ozone Standard of 60 ppb
- ATS Signs Letter on Tobacco Pre-Market Review Requirement
- Senate Passes Non-Binding Resolution – Climate Change is Not a Hoax
- FNIEHS Annual Meeting with NIEHS Director
- ATS to File Brief in Supreme Court EPA Mercury Air Toxics Case
- CMS Administrator to Step Down
- EPA Announces Public Hearings on Proposed Ozone Standard
- House-Passed Bill Would Change Eligibility for ACA Coverage
2014
December
- Congress Passes Final 2015 Spending Package
- Surgeon General Confirmed
- ATS Meets with PCORI and AHRQ
- ATS Testifies at Senate Ozone Hearing
- House Passes Final 2015 Spending Package; Senate to Vote this Weekend
- Pharmaceutical Company to Donate $30 Million Supply of MDR-TB Drug
- ATS Comments on CMS Lung Cancer Screening Coverage
- Final 2015 Spending Package to be Unveiled
- EPA Proposes Stricter Ozone Standard
- Defense Department Reauthorization Bill Takes Mixed Stance on Tobacco
November
- Deadline for Passage of Final 2015 Spending Legislation Nears
- House Leadership Appoints New Appropriations Panel Chairs
- ATS Advocates for Stricter Ozone Standard
- ATS Members Asked to Participate in EBUS Survey
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality
- USPSTF Releases Report on Evidence Gaps in Preventive Services for Children
- CMS Announces Proposed Coverage Policy for Lung Cancer Screening
- U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to ACA Federal Premium Subsidy
- ATS Fellowship in Health Equality
- ATS Members Asked to Participate in EBUS Survey
- Research Groups Urge Congress to Restore NIH Funding
- ATS Collaborates with NIEHS on Child Environmental Health Congressional Briefing
October
- WHO Releases Global TB Surveillance Report
- ATS Participates in RUC Surveys on Bronchoscopy codes and Breathing Test Codes
- Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to EPA Ozone Standard
- Court Says Challenge to EPA Carbon Rule is Premature
- Secretary Hagel Orders Review of Military Tobacco Policy
- ATS Participates in Stakeholder Forum on Antibiotic Resistance
- ATS Leaders Meet with Federal Research Agencies
- ATS UT Members Advocate for Lung Research with Their Representative
- ATS Sends Letter to CMS on Medicare Lung Cancer Screening
- CMS Open Payments Data Released to the Public
September
- FDA Appeals Court Ruling on TPSAC Conflict of Interest
- Senate Committee Requires Child Proof Liquid Nicotine Packaging
- House Passes Legislation to Block Revised Standard
- White House Announces a Series of New Initiatives to Combat Antibiotic Resistant Infections
- House Postpones Spending Measure Vote
- ATS Comments on Proposed Hospital Outpatients Prospective Payment System Rule
- ATS Comments on Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- ATS Comments on USPSTF Research Plan on Sleep Apnea Screening
- Court to Review ACA Federal Premium Subsidies Act
August
- ATS Comments on FDA Tobacco Deeming Rule
- ATS Joins AMA in Comments on Physician Sunshine Reporting
- Sunshine Reported Data Available for Review and Correction
- Preventive Services Task Force Releases Draft Research Plan on Sleep Apnea Screening
- CMS Reaffirms October 1, 2015 Date for ICD-10 Transition
- ATS Testifies at EPA Carbon Emission Rule Hearings
- Philip LoBue Named as New Director of CDC Division of TB Elimination
- Legislation to Continue Children's Health Insurance Program Funding Introduced in House
July
- Federal Courts Divided on ACA Premium Subsidies
- ATS Encourages Members to Submit Tobacco Comments to FDA
- CMS Releases 2015 proposed Medicare Physician Fees Schedule/Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Rules
- ATS Co-Hosts Hill Briefing on VA Million Veterans Program
- ATS Advocates with OMB on TB Funding
- ATS Support Change to DOD Tobacco Pricing Policy
- FDA Center for Tobacco Products Celebrates 5th Anniversary
- ATS Encourages Members to Submit Comments to FDA
- EPA Advisory Panel Recommends Stricter Ozone Standard
June
- ATS Comments on Proposed CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System Rule
- FDA Extends Comment Period on Tobacco Rule to Aug. 8
- Senate Progress on Annual Spending Bills Stalled
- Senate Panel Approves NIH Funding Increase
- Senate Panel Votes to Cut Global TB Funding
- ATS Opposes Premium Cigar Exemption Amendment
- ATS Action Alert! FDA Tobacco Regulation
- EPA Proposes Carbon Emissions Standard
- Senate Panel to Vote on 2015 NIH & CDC Funding
- Preventive Services Task Force Releases Draft Research Plan on Latent TB Screening
- VA Appoints O'Leary for CRADO Role
May
- EPA Expected to Release Proposed Carbon Pollution Rules for Power Plants
- House Agriculture Committee Leans Towards Cigar Exemption
- Senate Panel to Vote on 2015 NIH & CDC Funding
- Supreme Court Affirms EPA Cross State Air Pollution Rule
- CMS Advisory Panel Recommends Against Medicare Lung Cancer Screening
- ATS RAC Visits Capitol Hill to Advocate for Health Research Funding
- House of Representatives Provides Increase in VA Research Funding
April
- FDA Releases Proposed Rule to Regulate All Tobacco Products
- Landmark TB Clinical Drug Trial to Begin
- Federal Court of Appeals Affirms EPA Mercury Air Toxics Rule
- ATS Convenes Capitol Hill Briefing on Sickle Cell and Lung Co-Morbidities
- ATS President-Elect Joins EPA's McCarhy in Webinar on Air Pollution
- Congress Passes 17th SGR Patch – and 1 year ICD-10 Delay
- CMS to Release Physician Specific Payment Data
- ATS Participates in Clean Air Webinar with EPA and HHS
- ATS Urges Congress to Support Pediatric Education Incentives
March
- House Passes 1 Year SGR Patch and ICD-10 Delay, Senate Action Pending
- ATS Urges FDA to Take Action on Tobacco Products
- SGR Deadline Looms – Prospects Uncertain and the Price Tag Goes Up
- ATS Submits Comments on USPSTF Plan to Evaluate COPD Screening Effectiveness
- SGR Repeal: Good News/Bad News
- ATS Submit Comments to CMS on CT Lung Cancer Screening
- CMS Reveres Decision on Medicare Part D Coverage
- NIEHS Director Meets with FNIEHS
- President Releases FY2015 Budget
- EPA Issues Final Rule on Gasoline and Vehicle Tailpipe Standards
- House Passes Bill to Hamper EPA's GHG Rules for Power Plants
- ATS Members Asked to Participate in 2 RUC Surveys
February
- ATS Signs Thank You Letter to CVS for Ending Tobacco Sales
- ATS Comments on FDA Advisory Panel Review of OTC Epinephrine
- ATS Joins Letter to Congress Supporting SGR Reform
- FDA Launches National Tobacco Prevention Campaign Focusing on Teens
- ATS Submits Comments OSHA's Proposed Silica Exposure Standard
- SGR Bill Introduced
January
- ATS Advocates for Pediatric Specialty Training Incentives
- ATS Members Encouraged to Join Physician Sign On Letter in Support of New Gasoline Standard
- 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking
- Congress Passes Omnibus 2014 Spending Measure
- ATS Members are Encouraged to Join Physician Sign On Letter in Support of New Gasoline Standard
- 2014 Omnibus Spending Package Not Yet Finalized
- Tobacco Control Community Awaits Two Big Events
Last Reviewed: January 2023
