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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 | 2010 |
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 | 07/20/2010 |
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
Bills:
-S.973Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009
-S.1776Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009
-S.1796America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009
Bills Lobbied on, Continued:
-H.R.4213American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010
-House substitute Amendment to H.R. 4213
-Senate Amendment to House substitute amendment to H.R. 4213
-H.R.3962Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010
-P.L.111-148The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
all provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health
agencies and hospices.
-P.L.111-152Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act
all provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health
agencies and hospices.
- P.L.111-157Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline
Subjects:
-FFY 2010 Presidents Budget
-Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform
-FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill
-FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules
-FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules
-CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules
-RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules
-FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules
-FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules
-CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules
-FFY 2010 Hospice Rules
-CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update
-Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP)
-Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
-Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule
-EHR Incentive Payment Certification Regulations
-Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching 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
-National Health Service Corp funding
-Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding
-Immigration
-Hospice reimbursement
-Comparative effectiveness funding
-Preventative health and wellness programs funding
-Coverage for the uninsured
-Card check process for hospital employee unionization
-Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing
-Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting
-Hospital readmissions
-Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments
Subjects lobbied on continued:
-Healthcare-associated infections reporting
-Medical error reporting
-Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals
-Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments
-Tax deductibility of charitable contributions
-False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments
-Medicare wage index
-Recovery Audit Contractor program
-Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status
-Community benefit reporting
-Stark and physician self-referral regulations
-Hospital pricing transparency
-Coverage for undocumented immigrants
-Hospital charity care/financial aid
-Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program
-Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians
-Accountable Care Organizations
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
-Medicare payment bundling
-Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
-Healthcare Acquired Conditions
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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
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
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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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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