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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 11400 TOMAHAWK CREEK PARKWAY |
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City | LEAWOOD |
State | KS |
Zip Code | 66211 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 1342-12
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6. House ID# 321800000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2009 |
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: Thomas A. Robinett, Jr., General Counsel |
Date | 01/19/2010 |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010,
H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant
programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, AHRQ, and NHSC to relieve medical student debt.
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education.
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education.
S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, Promote Title VII Primary Care training grant programs.
No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Meeting with Dora Hughes, Continued adequate funding for AAFP federal program priorities.
No Bill Number, Health Care Reform Legislation, To promote the medical home as a quality, cost-effective means to provide care in this country; To ensure access to health care in this country; To include provisions that would provide a fair payment to PCPs; to assure funding for programs that support medical education for primary care providers; Ensure that a public plan follows certain specifications.
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),
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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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
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and
education.
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education.
S. 1628, Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009, Medical education pertinent to careers in rural medicine.
S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, Promote Title VII Primary Care training grant programs.
No Bill Number, Health Care Reform Legislation, To promote the medical home as a quality, cost-effective means to provide care in this country; To ensure access to health care in this country; To include provisions that would provide a fair payment to PCPs; to assure funding for programs that support medical education for primary care providers; Ensure that a public plan follows certain specifications.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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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. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Medicare payments to physicians, Medicaid payment rates, insurance reform and Graduate medical education.
H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, AHRQ, and NHSC to relieve medical student debt.
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home and patient's bill of rights, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education, Promote health care coverage for all with primary care focus.
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education.
H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, AHRQ, and NHSC to relieve medical student debt.
S. 1174, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, Physician payment improvement for primary care.
S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, Require insurance issuers to meet federal antitrust rules
to prevent price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations harmful to competition and consumers.
S. 1628, Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009, Medical education pertinent to careers in rural medicine.
S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, Promote Title VII Primary Care training grant programs.
S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009, Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate formula and provide increased payments to primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, AHRQ National Advisory Council's subcommittee on Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform, To promote medical liability reforms.
No Bill Number, Expanding GME to all payers, Adequate funding for medical education and training.
No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding meeting with Dora Hughes, Adequate funding for AAFP federal program priorities.
No Bill Number, Comparative Effectiveness Research, To support provisions that would ensure careful analysis of the relative benefits and costs of various treatments across different populations of people and illnesses thus providing good evidence to practicing family physicians.
No Bill Number, HIT, To advocate for small business loans enabling physicians to purchase HIT.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Jerome |
Connolly |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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Rosemarie |
Sweeney |
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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 INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, Promote primary care in health reform.
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and
education.
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education.
S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, Require insurance issuers to meet federal antitrust rules
to prevent price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations harmful to competition and consumers.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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 MED
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010,
H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant
programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, AHRQ, and NHSC to relieve medical student debt.
No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Meeting with Dora Hughes, Continued adequate funding for AAFP federal program priorities.
No Bill Number, Follow on Biologics, Create a policy in this area.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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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. 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, Promote primary care in health reform.
H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Medicare payments to physicians, Medicaid payment rates, insurance reform and Graduate medical education.
H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, and NHSC to relieve medical student debt.
H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education, Promote health care coverage for all with primary focus in health care reform.
H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, Revising the formula for Medicare's physician payment rate.
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education.
S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, Promote Title VII Primary Care training grant programs.
S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009, Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate formula and provide increased payments to primary care physicians.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Jerome |
Connolly |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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Rosemarie |
Sweeney |
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, AHRQ and NHSC to relieve medical student debt.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill Number, AHRQ National Advisory Council's subcommittee on Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform, To promote medical liability reforms.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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
S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, Require insurance issuers to meet federal antitrust rules
to prevent price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations harmful to competition and consumers.
No Bill Number, Eliminate restrictions on collective bargaining by physicians from the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Allow physician sponsored networks to innovate health care delivery systems.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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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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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