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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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Address1 | 10 G STREET, NE, #600 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 27467-12
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6. House ID# 303670000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2011 |
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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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: Max Richtman, Executive Vice President |
Date | 01/18/2012 |
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
Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. H.J.Res. 1, H.J.Res. 2, S.J.Res. 23, S.J.Res. 24, S.J.Res. 10: resolutions proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and requiring supermajorities to increase the deficit or to raise revenues.
Congressional Budget Process. S. 245, H.R. 2560: provisions limiting total federal outlays, prescribing requirements for implementing sequestration orders, and prohibiting the Secretary of the Treasury from exercising additional borrowing authority until the date that the Archivist of the United States transmits to the states a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
Fiscal Year 2012 Final Consolidated Appropriations. H.R. 3672: provisions pertaining to funding the Social Security Administration, Medicare, Medicaid nursing home expenditures, Older Americans Act programs, and Geriatric Education Centers and related programs.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations. H.R. 2112: provisions pertaining to funding nutrition programs.
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations. S.1599: provisions appropriating funds for Older Americans Act programs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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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Richtman |
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Adcock |
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Lifsey |
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Kibler |
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Webster |
Phillips |
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Brenda |
Sulick |
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Maria |
Freese |
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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
Medicare/Home Health Benefits (No bill). Pertaining to potential regulation regarding the face-to-face physician encounter requirement to qualify for the Medicare home health benefit.
Medicare/Home Health Benefits (No bill). Pertaining to potential copayments for beneficiaries receiving the Medicare home health benefit.
Medicare/Clinical Laboratory Services (No bill). Pertaining to potential copayments for beneficiaries Medicare clinical laboratory services.
Medicare/Part A Hospital Inpatient Status. S. 818, H.R. 1543: provisions ensuring beneficiaries receiving hospital services are designated as inpatients, thereby assuring coverage of prescription drugs and post-acute care under Part A.
Medicare/Physician Fees. P.L. 111-309 (H.R. 4994), H.R. 3630, H.R. 3743, H.R. 3765: provisions maintaining current levels of physician fees under Part B; extending the therapy caps exceptions process; extending the Qualified Individual program.
Comprehensive Health Care Reform. P.L. 111-148 (H.R. 3590), P.L. 111-152 (H.R. 4872): implementation of provisions reducing Medicare Advantage plan payments; reducing the Part D coverage gap; requiring higher income Medicare beneficiaries to pay an increased share of Medicare Parts B and D premium costs; expanding benefits for low-income beneficiaries under the Medicare Savings Programs and the Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS); improving the process for reassigning LIS beneficiaries to new plans; expanding coverage of prevention services; establishing a Medicare Commission; providing expanded Medicaid coverage for home and community-based services; authorizing the collection of data regarding disparities in the provision of care; providing safeguards and subsidies to assure affordability of health coverage for seniors.
Medicare/Commission. P.L. 111-148 (H.R. 3590), P.L. 111-152 (H.R. 452, S. 668): pertaining to the repeal or modification of provisions creating an independent commission authorized to establish Medicare payment and policy designed to reduce Medicare spending growth.
Medicare/Parts C and D. P.L. 110-275, P.L. 108-173: implementation of regulations and issuance of guidance relating to beneficiary eligibility, enrollment, and effectiveness of exceptions and the appeals processes under Medicare Parts C and D.
Medicare/Medicare-operated Part D plan, Negotiation of Part D Drug Prices. S. 31, S. 44, S.560, H.R. 999: creating a Medicare-operated prescription drug plan, allowing or requiring the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate price concessions from pharmaceutical manufacturers for drugs purchased under the Part D program.
Medicare Drug Savings. S. 1206, H.R. 2190: extending Medicaid drug rebates to prescription drugs paid for by Medicare and used by people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (dual-eligibles), and by people receiving the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy.
Medicare Part B Drug Savings. S. 1699: provisions reducing the cost of prescription drugs paid for under Medicare Part B.
Medicare and Medicaid/Federal Coordinated Health Care Office (Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office) (No bill). Proposals for the activities of the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office intended to improve the quality of care for recipients who receive benefits from both Medicare and Medicaid, i.e., dual-eligibles.
Medicare and Medicaid/Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (No bill). Proposals related to the planning for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations, and the approach this office will take to test innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce program expenditures, while preserving or enhancing the quality of care for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.
Medicare/Raising Eligibility Age (No bill). Proposals to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67.
Medicare/Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance (No bill). Proposals to increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries who purchase Medigap insurance.
Medicare/Income-relating (No bill). Proposals to increase costs for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries.
Medicare Privatization (No Bill): Provisions to convert Medicare from a defined benefit plan to a premium support/voucher system.
Long-term Care Financing. S. 227, H.R. 2267: provisions permitting advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) to sign home health plans of care.
Long-term Care Financing via Tax Deduction (no bill): Provisions amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long -term care needs.
Repeal of expanded support for long-term supports and services, S. 720, H.R. 1173: Legislation would repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, a voluntary national insurance program for purchasing community living assistance will help many people remain in the community and avoid institutional care, which will improve their quality of life.
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), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administration on Aging, Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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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Richtman |
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Adcock |
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Diane |
Lifsey |
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Kibler |
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Webster |
Phillips |
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Brenda |
Sulick |
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Maria |
Freese |
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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers. H.R. 798, H.R. 1086, H.R. 776, H.R. 539, H.R. 456, S. 1876: provisions establishing a consumer price index for elderly consumers (CPI-E) to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits and authorizing a cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security recipients in 2011.
Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment. H.R. 776, H.R.539: providing for a Social Security COLA in non-COLA years.
Chained CPI (no bill). proposal to replace the current index used to calculate the Social Security COLA with a chained CPI.
Social Security Privatization. H.R. 2109, H.R. 2889: provisions converting Social Security to a system of private investment accounts.
Social Security Protection. H.R. 1118, H.R. 796, H.R. 1630, S. 582 S.AMDT. 207 to S. 493: provisions removing Social Security Trust Fund receipts and disbursements from the federal budget baseline; limiting Trust Fund proceeds to OASDI purposes; prohibiting increases to the retirement age or the early retirement age, reductions in cost-of-living increases, reductions of benefit payment amounts, or the creation of private retirement accounts carved out of Social Security.
Social Security Benefits. S. 1213, S. 804: provisions requiring progressive indexing or modifying cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to one percent below the general COLA and implementing longevity indexing (i.e., raising the retirement age) of Social Security old-age insurance benefits.
Social Security Payroll Tax. H.R. 3630, H.R. 3743, H.R. 3765: proposal to extend the current payroll tax holiday through the end of Calendar Year 2012, increase the percentage reduction from the current 2 percent to 3.1 percent, extend it to employers in certain situations.
Social Security Payroll Tax. H.Res. 501: expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday extend Federally funded unemployment insurance benefits and prevent decreases in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries.
Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). H.R. 1332, S. 113: provisions repealing the GPO and/or WEP.
Annual Social Security Statements (No bill). Options to modify the Social Security Administrations decision suspending the production and mailing of individual Social Security Statements.
Public Pension Modifications (no bill). Proposals safeguarding spousal benefits with respect to Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions, the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
Womens Pension Improvements and Protections (no bill). Proposals to improve working womens pension plan participation and pension account accumulation, and safeguard spousal pension rights at divorce.
Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. H.Con. Res.72: resolution expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
Raising the Payroll Tax Cap. S. 1558, H.R. 797: provisions raising the amount of wages subject to payroll taxes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Administration on Aging, Employment & Training Administration, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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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Richtman |
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Adcock |
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Webster |
Phillips |
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Brenda |
Sulick |
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Maria |
Freese |
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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 WEL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Period of Eligibility to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Humanitarian Immigrants. H.R. 2763: proposal to extend for two additional years the time a humanitarian refugee (e.g., refugee, asylee) can qualify for SSI.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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