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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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State | DC |
Zip Code | 20037 |
Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: David B. Moore, Senior Director, Government Relations |
Date | 04/22/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ANI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Atul |
Grover |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53.
Issue: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps,
Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
Draft House and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III
Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process.
Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Titles II and III
Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503
Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).
H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011
Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME).
Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission.
Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science funding.
Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration.
President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services
Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs
Issue: Funding for Teaching Health Centers under Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act.
H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Buget Resolution
Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reduce discretionary spending caps
S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
David B. |
Moore |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Marquez |
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Matthew |
Shick |
J.D. |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 845, Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013.
Issue: Increase protections against "patent trolls" and exempt institutions of higher education.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Shick |
J.D. |
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David B. |
Moore |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Titles II and III
Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs.
Debt in Health Education Loan Programs (Debt HELP) bill proposal (draft)
Issues: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, and align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
Draft legislation to promote primary care.
Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students.
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
Issue: Decrease Stafford loan intest rates for medical students; retain graduate/professional student loan benefits.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Reserve System
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Matthew |
Shick |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
No activity
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
David B. |
Moore |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53.
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Retain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill
Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students.
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps.
Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft)
Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2013
Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V
Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps.
H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act
Issue: Residency training in community-based settings.
P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506
Issue: Redistribution of residency positions
Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act.
H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act
Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education.
P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013.
Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act.
Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act.
Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment form.
Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research.
H.R. 120, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act
Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME
and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency.
H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013
Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.
Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce.
Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions.
Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission.
Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement
Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration.
Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility
Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs.
Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development
President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services
Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs
Issue: Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula.
Issue: Protections for human subjects in research
H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution
Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal ACA and reduce discretionary spending caps
S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH
S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act
Issue: Reuthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest waivers.
Submitted comments on:
Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA)
MU Stage 3 request for comment
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013
Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange
Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care.
MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Shick |
J.D. |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Len |
Marquez |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act
Issue: Reauthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest Waivers.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Matthew |
Shick |
J.D. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
No activity
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
David B. |
Moore |
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Matthew |
Shick |
J.D. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code MED
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53.
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
Draft House and Senate, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2014
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure.
Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research.
P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation.
Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and other science programs.
Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs
Issue: Protections for human subjects in research
President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services
Draft Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
H.Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution
Issue: Oppose reducing discretionary spending caps
S. Con Res. 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH.
Submitted comments on:
Training for National Institutes of Health Big Data to Knowledge Initiative
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Shick |
J.D. |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013
Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.
Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act.
Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform
Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement
H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act
Issue: Residency training in community-based settings.
P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions)
Issue: Redistribution of residency positions
H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act
Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy.
H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013
Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments
Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions
Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development
Issue: Development and Implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act.
Submitted comments on:
Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA)
MU Stage 3 request for comment
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013
Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange
Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care.
MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Marquez |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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Matthew |
Shick |
J.D. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53.
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2014, Title II
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure.
H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III
Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process.
Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and other science programs
Issue: Supporting the use of animals in medical research
P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparednesss legistaion.
Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs.
Issue: Protections for human subjects in research.
President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services
Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Apprpriations Act, 2014
Issue: Support funding for NIH and AHRQ. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II.
H.Con Res. 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution
Issue: Oppose reducing discretionary spending caps
S.Con Res. 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH.
Submitted comments on:
Training for NIHs Big Data to Knowledge Initiative
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Atul |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Shick |
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Khalife |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
President's Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
Draft House and Senate, Military Constructions Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2014
Issue: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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