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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 | 2015 |
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: Daniel Landon |
Date | 1/19/2016 11:41:26 AM |
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
- Sent documents and data describing and presenting the impetus for a Missouri initiative on standards for the prescribing of opioids to health staff of the Missouri congressional delegation
- Received a query from a Missouri congressional office regarding hospitals reactions to the quality of care components of a discussion draft of legislation (the Hospital Improvements for Payment Act of 2014.)
- Coordinated a response to a query from staffers for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The query concerned price increases for two pharmaceutical products, Isuprel and Nitropress.
- Discussed the potential sponsorship by a member of the Missouri congressional delegation of legislation regarding Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors.
- Researched S. 2107, the Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act, which is co-sponsored by a member of the Missouri congressional delegation.
- Responded to a query from the staff of a member of the Missouri congressional delegation for a list of issues to be discussed during upcoming congressional visits.
- Met with selected members of the Missouri congressional delegation. Briefing papers addressed the following topics: 1) a profile of Missouris hospitals; 2) legislation to reform the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program (H.R. 2156); 3) Medicare DSH payment reform (H.R. 3288); 4) changes to the Medicare wage index system (H.R. 1479, S. 1135); 5) legislative proposals affecting rural hospitals (H.R. 3225, H.R. 2948, H.R. 2066, H.R. 169, S. 258, H.R. 1611, S. 257, section 3021 of H.R. 6); 6) protection of the 340B drug discount program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services; 7) legislation affecting behavioral health (S. 599, H.R. 2646, S. 1945, S. 1893, S. 2166); 8) regulatory standards of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Initiative; 9) the need for risk-adjustment of data used in the Medicare hospital readmissions program (S. 688 and H.R. 1343).
- Corresponded with staff of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the logistics of meetings of hospital executives and selected members of the Missouri congressional delegation
- Responded to a query from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding legislation to change the payment formulas used by the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital program.
- Responded to a query from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding legislation to revise payment formulas used by the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital program.
- Requested that members of the U.S. Senate representing Missouri contact Senate leaders to express support for inclusion of legislation to revise the Medicare wage index (H.R. 1479) in legislation to enact a continuing resolution to authorize federal budgetary expenditures.
- Collaborated with staff of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging regarding a January 2016 committee hearing to be held in Jefferson City, Missouri. The agenda of the hearing is the abuse and misuse of opioids used for pain control in the elderly.
- Corresponded with the staff of a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a change in staffing responsibilities in that congressional office.
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
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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
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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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