Matters
- Secured $5 million in new federal program funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a national survey on survivor access to the medical forensic exam following violence and sexual assault. This effort followed enactment of the 2022 Violence Against Women Act and involved a policy campaign across the Administration and U.S. Congress. This funding enables reporting on barriers to patient access, hospital and clinic staffing, billing and reimbursement practices, and an online public map displaying the availability of medical forensic exams to individuals seeking care.
- Drafted and enacted language in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act requiring the National Academies to study the medical and forensic response to sexual assault on United States Coast Guard vessels. This measure specifically highlighted the feasibility of crisis response services and patient physical evaluation through telemedicine.
- Guided the launch of a medical device manufacturer coalition to advance federal policies that strengthen patient health outcomes, preserve access to specialty diagnostics, and protect reimbursement within the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS).
- Supported an in-house, multi-year tax coalition that preserved the deduction of advertising as an ordinary and necessary business expense in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This multi-faceted campaign coordinated State and local district grassroots outreach with Congressional and executive branch engagement in Washington to develop strategies tailored to individual lawmakers.
