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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 | 750 9th Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 600 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 14267-12
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6. House ID# 326350000
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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: Katie Tenoever |
Date | 10/20/2015 11:01:58 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
Health Reform Implementation -The Affordable Care Act enacted comprehensive reform of the health care delivery and payments systems in the United States. Specifically, FAH is advocating on implementation issues related to delivery reform affecting hospitals and insurance reform.
HITECH Act - Implementation of meaningful use and privacy and security provisions in HITECH Act of 2009.
Group Purchasing Organization Regulations - Monitor policy proposals that would result in additional federal regulation of Group Purchasing Organizations.
Realignment - educate policymakers on the driving factors, benefits and implications of hospital realignment.
H.R.776 -- Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2015 -- supports legislation that would allows for simplified single civil monetary penalty as an alternative sanction to those already established for compensation arrangements between a physician (or an immediate family member) and a person or entity that is in violation of the limitation on certain physician referrals (Stark Law) solely due to technical noncompliance. It also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to accept the voluntary disclosure of a technically non-complaint compensation arrangement by a person or entity in violation of the Stark Law under certain circumstances.
H.R. 1731, "The National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act"; H.R. 1560 "The Protecting Cyber Networks Act"; S. 754 "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (CISA) - legislation to create infrastructure for government and private industry to share cyber threat information; advocate for passage and reasonable approach to new data security mandates.
Telemedicine Reforms - Support programs to encourage and properly reimburse telemedicine.
Support measures to reform the liability system: limit non-economic damages to $250,000; reform joint and several liability; cap attorneys fees; and allow periodic payments for future award payments.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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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Kahn |
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Cohen |
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Karen Conwell |
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Jayne Hart |
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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
H.R. 2513/S. 1099 "PACE Act of 2015" - Oppose efforts to repeal certain provisions relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests.
Bad Debt Payments to Hospitals - Lawmakers have proposed lowering the amount of Medicare Bad Debt payments to hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries who fail to pay their cost-sharing obligations for treatments provided by the hospital.
Direct and Indirect Graduate Medical Education Payments - Lawmakers have proposed changes to the way that hospitals are reimbursed for the costs of training physicians and other medical professionals.
H.R. 663/S.332 "Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015" - Advocate for the extension the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) and current Low-Volume Hospital (LVH) programs.
Oppose the lowering of Medicare outpatient site neutral proposal rates.
Oppose the proposal of lowering Medicare reimbursements to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities.
Sequestration - against extending the Medicare Sequester and oppose Medicare sequester increase and extension as an offset.
Provided guidance on Medicare hospital payment reform legislative drafts: Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act of 2015, Strengthening DSH and Medicare Through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act of 2015, Medicare Crosswalk IME Pool Act of 2015, and the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015-under consideration by the House Ways and Means Committee.
H.R. 2156, "Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015" supports legislation to improve Medicare audits and provided comments to Senate Finance Committee to improve draft legislation.
Price Transparency - advocate for meaningful price transparency for consumers by ensuring they have access to out of pocket price information.
CMS "2 Midnight" Policy - advocate for policy to allow for physician judgment on whether a patient should be considered inpatient or outpatient status, and other modifications to the policy.
Meaningful Use - Advocate for reasonable Stage 3 meaningful use requirements as part of the EHR Incentive Program.
Provided advocacy comments regarding a House Ways and Means discussion draft, the Hospital Improvements for Payment Act of 2014 concerning hospital payment, self-referral, quality, accreditation and data release issue.
Worked to restore funding for AHRQ and CMMI in the House Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill, H.R. 3020.
Chronic Care -- provided comments and policy suggestions on Senate Finance Committee efforts to improve chronic care outcomes and treatments.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Jayne Hart |
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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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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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