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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | P.O. BOX 60 |
Address2 | 4712 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE |
| City | JEFFERSON CITY |
State | MO |
Zip Code | 65102 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 25523-12
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6. House ID# 319850000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2016 |
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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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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Method A.
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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Daniel Landon |
Date | 10/18/2016 2:09:45 PM |
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
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation about a pending appeal to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by Nantucket Cottage Hospital of Nantucket, Massachusetts regarding the submission of Medicare wage index data
- Corresponded with regional CMS officials regarding a regulatory change (CR #9658) regarding billing of nontherapy hospital outpatient procedures that are adjunct to Medicare outpatient services
- Contacted members of the Missouri congressional delegation to express support for and request cosponsorship of H.R. 3199/S. 2748, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
- Responded to Missouri congressional office requests for contact information with Missouri-based hospital organizations
- Responded to a Missouri congressional office request for the Missouri Hospital Associations review and comment regarding a draft of the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a potential Dear Colleague letter regarding a proposed demonstration project of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to require prior authorization of home health services in the Medicare program
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Star Rating system for assessing and publicizing the quality of care in hospitals
- Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the potential for legislative activity to repeal current restrictions on physician self-referral to hospitals in which the physicians have an ownership or other financial interest
- Responded to a request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation for assistance in compiling information about innovative cancer treatment and/or research in Missouri hospitals
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create a demonstration project to revise how Medicare will pay hospitals, physicians and others for drugs paid through the Medicare Part B program.
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a Missouri Hospital Association advocacy briefing session for staff of the Missouri congressional delegation. The briefing session included a review of the Missouri congressional delegations engagement in hospital advocacy issues, emerging trends in health care delivery and financing, data regarding insurance coverage and hospital financial indicators in Missouri, ongoing advocacy concerns regarding Medicare wage index policy, equity in the distribution of reductions in Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital payments, congressional changes in states use of provider taxes to finance their Medicaid programs, and the use of subregulatory guidance by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
- Corresponded with the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a letter from congressional signatories to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of a Medicare Star Rating system regarding quality of care in hospitals
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding changes in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services procedures for providers to bill Medicare for services delivered in federally-designated rural health clinics
- Participated on a telephone conference with officials of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding changes in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services procedures for providers to bill Medicare for services delivered in federally-designated rural health clinics
- Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the Missouri Hospital Associations engagement with a collaborative effort to improve the detection and treatment of diabetes
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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 |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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