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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 | 2625 N. Pocomoke Street |
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City | Arlington |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22207-1003 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 400660986-12
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6. House ID# 414350002
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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 | 12/31/2012 |
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: G. David Mason |
Date | 1/22/2013 11:44:35 PM |
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
Legislation and issues related to:
Physician/nurse reimbursement;
Medicare Medical Home;
Medicaid Health Home;
Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration;
Accountable Care Organizations;
Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148);
Repeal/retention of Medicaid maintenance of effort requirements;
Graduate Nurse Education demonstration;
Home health face-to-face examination requirements;
Medicare-Medicaid Program Integrity policies;
Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB);
Medicare-Medicaid hospital conditions of participation;
Draft legislation on admission of advanced practice registered nurses to hospital medical staff and granting of clinical privileges;
Medicaid waiver application procedures;
State of Florida Section 1115 Medicaid waiver application on managed medical assistance program;
Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles coverage and demonstration;
Ordering of Medicare portable x-ray services;
Provisions of the 2013 Medicare physician payment proposed rule;
Medicaid per capita cap policy options;
Medicaid payment for primary care services;
Medicaid eligibility expansion and state options;
Social Security Administration policies on primary medical evidence of disability;
H.R. 2 - Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act;
S. 16 - Patient Choice Restoration Act;
S. 56/H.R. 2134 - Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act;
S. 58/H.R. 876 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act;
S. 227/H.R. 2267 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act;
S. 244/H.R. 782 - State Health Care Flexibility Act;
H.R. 560 - Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act;
H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act;
S. 668 - Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act;
S. 1680 - Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act;
H.R. 3859 - Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act;
H.R. 3630/H.R. 3743/H.R. 3765 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act;
H.R. 3326/S. 1587 - Medicaid Flexibility for States Act;
H.R. 4160 - State Health Flexibility Act;
S. 2057 - To amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
H.R. 5979 - Medicaid Accountability and Care (MAC) Act;
H.R. 436 - Health Care Cost Reduction Act;
H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act;
H.R. 4348 - MAP-21 and offsets for student loan interest rate provisions;
H.R. 6079 - Repeal of Obamacare Act;
H.R. 6684 - Spending Reduction Act;
H.R. 8 - American Taxpayer Relief Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
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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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
Legislation and issues relating to:
Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148);
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act;
Nursing provisions in potential job creation legislation;
Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved and Health Professional Shortage Areas;
Administration review of current regulations;
Prevention and Public Health Fund;
Definition of essential health benefits;
Health information technology and electronic health records;
HRSA nurse practitioner national sample survey;
Draft legislation to reauthorize the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA);
Draft legislation on Congressional Budget Office scoring of preventive health services;
Draft legislation on voluntary tandem licensing and credentialing for federal telemedicine services;
Draft legislation on reauthorization of the National Quality Forum;
H.R. 5/S. 218/S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act;
H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act;
H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011;
S. 248/H.R. 844 - Empowering States to Innovate Act;
S. 174 - Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention Act;
H.R. 10/S. 299/S. 1720/S. 1786 - Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act;
H.R. 1217 - to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund;
H.R. 1683/S. 868 - State Flexibility Act;
H.R. 2465 - Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act;
S. 261 - Federal Employees' Compensation Reform Act;
H.R. 469 - Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act;
S. 601/H.R. 1127 - Childrens Sports Athletic Equipment Safety Act;
Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act;
H.R. 3679 - National Nurse Act;
H.R. 4274 - BPCA and PREA Reauthorization Act;
S. 2289 - Better Pharmaceuticals and Devices for Children Act;
H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act;
H.R. 5842 - Restoring Access to Medication Act;
S. 3187 - FDA Safety and Innovation Act
S. 2474 - Health Equity and Accountability Act;
S. 1789 - 21st Century Postal Service Act;
H.R. 6482 - Preventive Health Savings Act;
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provisions of H.R. 6083, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act, and S.3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act;
S. 1560 - Nursing Home Resident Pain Relief Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), 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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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislation and issues related to:
Authorization and appropriations of Title VIII funding for nurse education and nurse workforce development programs in fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014;
Title III funding for Nurse Managed Health Clinics;
Appropriation of Title IV funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission;
Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposals;
Impact of sequestration on non-defense discretionary spending;
H.J.RES. 2/S.J.RES. 10/S.J.RES. 24 - Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States;
H.CON.RES. 34 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012;
H.R. 1473 - Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; H.CON.RES .35; H.R. 1 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, and S.AMDT. 149; H.J. RES. 44 - Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011;
H.J. RES. 48 - Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011;
H.R.1363 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011;
S. 365 - Budget Control Act;
H.R. 2560/S. 1340 - Cut, Cap, and Balance Act;
H.R. 2017 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012;
H.R. 2608 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012;
H.J.RES. 79 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012;
S. 1290 - Spending Cap Act;
S. 1599/ H.R. 3070, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act, 2012;
H.J.RES 94 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012;
H.J.RES 95 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012;
H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012;
H.R. 3671 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012;
H.R. 3521 - Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act;
H.CON.RES. 112 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022;
H.R. 5652 - Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act;
S. 3295 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, fiscal year 2013 and House Labor-HHS Subcommittee proposal;
H.R. 5872/S. 3228 - Sequestration Transparency Act;
H.J. Res. 117 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013;
H.R. 1 - Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.
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), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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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