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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 25 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 600 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | 515 N. STATE STREET, CHICAGO |
State | IL |
Zip Code | 60654 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 2877-12
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6. House ID# 304640000
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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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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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: George E. Cox III, JD, Director, Division of Legislative Counsel |
Date | 07/20/2011 |
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
FY '12 Labor-HHS Budget Resolution, provisions on physician-related appropriations
H. Con. Res. 34, provisions related to the SGR
H.R. 2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Section 740
FY '12 Financial Services appropriations bill, provisions related to funding for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
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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Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Todd |
Askew |
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Lindsey |
Brill |
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Jason |
Marino |
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Christine |
Pollack |
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Thomas |
Roberge |
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George |
Cox |
III |
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Liza |
Assatourians |
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Debra |
Cohn |
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Kathleen |
Tenoever |
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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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011, all provisions
Graduate Medical Education
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Richard |
Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Todd |
Askew |
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Veronica |
Crowe |
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Dana |
Lichtenberg |
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Jason |
Marino |
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Thomas |
Roberge |
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George |
Cox |
III |
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Liza |
Assatourians |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 451, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011, all provisions
H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011, repeal of IRS reporting requirements of payments of $600 or more
H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions
H.R. 1249, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Wasserman Schultz Amendment
H.R. 2182, Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2011, all provisions
H.R. 965, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011, provisions on practitioner education
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Section 241
Prescription drug abuse among youth
Prescription drug action plan
Affordable Care Act implementation
Physician-Owned Hospitals
Accountable Care Organizations
Opioid Drugs and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)
Delivery Reforms
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Patient Safety
Global burden of chronic disease
Administrative Simplification
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), OTC medicines
Electronic Consultations
Stand for Quality Coalition
Health Information Technology
Senior Ambassador Program
Schedule II Controlled Substances - agent for prescriber
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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 |
Richard |
Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Todd |
Askew |
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Lindsey |
Brill |
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Veronica |
Crowe |
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Dana |
Lichtenberg |
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Jason |
Marino |
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Christine |
Pollack |
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Thomas |
Roberge |
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Margaret |
Garikes |
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Sandy |
Marks |
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Sharon |
McIlrath |
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Mari |
Savickis |
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Jennifer |
Shevchek |
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Carol |
Vargo |
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George |
Cox |
III |
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Liza |
Assatourians |
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Debra |
Cohn |
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Cybil |
Roehrenbeck |
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Kathleen |
Tenoever |
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Sylvia |
Trujillo |
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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. 1700, Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, all provisions
S. 1042, Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, all provisions
H.R. 1543, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011, all provisions
H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 668, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, all provisions
S. 848, Consumer Information Enhancement Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 856, Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 756, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, all provisions
S. 1286, Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, provisions relating to imaging cuts
H.R. 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011
H.R. 2140, Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act, all provisions
H.R. 1159, To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 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, all provisions
H.R. 1186, To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician
referrals for hospitals, all provisions
H.R. 674, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, all provisions
Medicare program - Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
Medicare program - Shared Savings Program
Medicare program - Accountable Care Organizations
Medicare program - Program Integrity
Medicare program - Physician payment reform/alternative payment models
Medicare program - Delivery reform
Medicare program - Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) permanent repeal
Medicare program - Enrollment
Medicare program - Medicare Economic Index (MEI)
Medicare program - Regulatory relief
Medicare program - Relative Value Update Committee (RUC)
Medicare program - Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
Medicare program - Claims Data Release
Medicare program - E-prescribing
Medicare program - Electronic Health Records (EHR)/certification of EHRs
Medicare program - HIPAA (5010 and ICD-10)
Medicare program - Privacy
Medicare program - Alignment of quality measures
Medicare program - Physician signature requirements for clinical lab tests
Medicare program - Meaningful Use
Medicare program - Physician Compare
Medicare program - Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs)
Medicare program - Payment for psychiatric services
Medicare program - Health Information Technology
Medicare program - Imaging cuts
Medicaid program - Access
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), 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 |
Richard |
Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Todd |
Askew |
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Lindsey |
Brill |
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Veronica |
Crowe |
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Dana |
Lichtenberg |
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Jason |
Marino |
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Christine |
Pollack |
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Thomas |
Roberge |
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Margaret |
Garikes |
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Sandy |
Marks |
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Sharon |
McIlrath |
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Mari |
Savickis |
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Jennifer |
Shevchek |
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Carol |
Vargo |
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George |
Cox |
III |
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Liza |
Assatourians |
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Debra |
Cohn |
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Cybil |
Roehrenbeck |
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Kathleen |
Tenoever |
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Sylvia |
Trujillo |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011, all provisions
Antitrust Reform
DOJ-FTC Health Care Antitrust Guidelines
Health Insurance and Physician Market Competition
J-1 Visa Waiver Program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 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 |
Richard |
Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Todd |
Askew |
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Lindsey |
Brill |
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Margaret |
Garikes |
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Carol |
Vargo |
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George |
Cox |
III |
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Liza |
Assatourians |
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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 TOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 1099, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 218, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions
H.R. 816, Provider Shield Act of 2011, all provisions
S. 197, MCAP Act, all provisions
Federal Tort Coverage for Community Health Centers
Physician volunteers' liability issues
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 |
Richard |
Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Todd |
Askew |
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Lindsey |
Brill |
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Veronica |
Crowe |
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Dana |
Lichtenberg |
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Jason |
Marino |
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Christine |
Pollack |
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Thomas |
Roberge |
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George |
Cox |
III |
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Liza |
Assatourians |
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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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Tricare - casework
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Defense - Dept of (DOD)
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 |
Richard |
Deem |
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Cynthia |
Brown |
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Margaret |
Garikes |
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Mari |
Savickis |
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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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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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4 | 8 | 12 |