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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1876 NIAGARA FALLS BLVD. |
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City | TONAWANDA |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 14150 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 41055-12
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6. House ID# 329870000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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 | |
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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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: John E. Bartimole, President |
Date | 01/20/2009 |
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
S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act, S. 558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007, S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act, S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act, S.969 Oppose Reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classifed as supervisors, S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process, S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007, S.1693 Health Information Exchange, S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007, S.2460 Extend
S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers, S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program
S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP, S.3101 The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act
S.3656 Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008
H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process
H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act
H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007
H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act
H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act
H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007
H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors
H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007
H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act
H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT
H.R.2638 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 continuing resolution 2009
H.R.2642, supplemental appropriations Act, 2008
H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act
H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act,
H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program
H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007
H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program
H.R.5480 Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008
H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules
H.R.5924 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act
H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief
H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology
H.R.6898 Health-e IT Act of 2008
H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008
H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision
H.R.7219 The Protecting Hospital Outpatient and Community Clinic Services Act of 2008
H.R.7241 Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008
H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts
FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill
FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules
CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules
FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules
CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules
FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules
CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules
CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update
CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures
CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program
CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments
State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding
IRS Form 990 Revision
Stark and physician self-referral regulations
Hospital pricing transparency
Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status
Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health
Pay for Performance / value based purchasing
Health information technology
Hospital charity care/financial aid
Coverage for undocumented immigrants
Associated health plans
Coverage for the uninsured
Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans
Emergency preparedness
Immigration
Medicare wage index
Community benefit reporting
Mental health parity
Limited service hospitals
Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals
Defined benefit pension plans
National Institute of Health funding
Health care workforce recruiting and training funding
Hospital infection reporting
Medical error reporting
Hospital performance measure reporting
Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion
Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services
Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program
CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage
False claims act expansion
Medicare funding warning/trigger
Medicare GME residency slot distribution
National Health Service Corp funding
Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding
HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
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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Bartimole |
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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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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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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