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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, Suite 700 |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 311451-12
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6. House ID# 400020000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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: Richard Trachtman, Director, Legislative Affairs |
Date | 07/17/2008 |
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 Information Technology (HIT); providing incentives for the successful adoption of HIT: S.1693, the Wired for Healthcare Quality Act; H.R. 3800, Promoting Health Information Technology Act; H.R. 1952, the National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007. Expanding health insurance coverage to ensure that more Americans will have access to affordable health insurance: H.R. 506
/S.325, Health Partnership through Creative Federalism Act; Health insurance reform, Medicaid, Association Health Plans, Medical
Savings Accounts, Tax credits and purchasing pools; S. 1169, the State-Based Health Care Reform Act; H.R. 2351, the Health Care Act of 2007.
Reforming the medical liability system in this country to ease existing financial burdens on practicing physicians and to ensure greater patient access to care: S. 243, the Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 (MCAP Act); H.R. 2580, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2007. Medical liability demonstration projects.
Reforming the Medicare physician reimbursement formula to provide for greater predictability and stability in payments: S. 40, the Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act, Reform the Sustainable Growth Rate - S. 2785, Save Medicare Act of 2008, H. R. 5445; H.R. 5545 and S. 2729, the Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008, Pay-for-Performance, Patient Centered Medical Home H.R. 3162, the CHAMP Act, care coordination, primary care shortage, CMS proposed changes to work relative value units (RVUs), Medically Unbelievable Edits program, CMS Request for Information (RFI) for Cycle 1 of the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), CMS Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates, Health Care Price Transparency. H.R. 6331/S.3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act.
Ensure adequate funding for federal health programs in the FY08 and FY09 appropriations: Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bill (including Title VII health professions and student loans) and VA healthcare and research).
Address inadequacies in public health programs and funding: Healthcare disparities, anti-smoking, vaccines (e.g. smallpox, influenza), CMS - Payment for the recently approved Herpes Zoster (Shingles) vaccine and its administration, DEA how e-prescribing systems can meet the Drug Enforcement Administrations (DEAs) prescription requirements under the Controlled Substances Act.
Provide loan debt relief for medical students through enhancements to existing programs and the creation of new programs: H.R. 1093, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007; S. 588, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007; S. 1066, Medical Education Affordability Act; Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, including the restoration of the 20/220 pathway; S. 2303/H.R. 4344, a bill to amend section 435 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship.
Preserving the safety net function of federally-funded health care programs, such as SCHIP: H.R. 5268, providing for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program.
Preserving access to primary care services: the impending shortage of primary care physicians, designation of primary care as a shortage profession, scholarships and loan forgiveness in exchange for primary care service commitments to practice in critical shortage areas, grants for medical school mentorship programs and primary care training in community health centers, increased Title VII funding for primary care health programs, Medicare payment reforms to support the Patient Centered Medical Home, regulatory relief, studies on primary care; S. 1340/H.R. 2244, the Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007.
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), President of the U.S.
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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Trachtman |
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McCrann |
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Buckley |
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Cortney |
Walker Rohr |
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Shuan |
Tomlinson |
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Jolynne |
Flores |
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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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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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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