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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1711 Mass. Ave. NW |
Address2 | Apt. 210 |
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 322454-12
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6. House ID# 396390000
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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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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Abigail Stork |
Date | 07/19/2009 |
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Health care reform proposals relating to tax exempt status of hospitals including, Senate Finance policy options paper.
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 |
Abigail |
Stork |
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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. 2919, Medicare Efficiency Incentive Act of 2009: entire bill.
S. 1249, Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009: entire bill.
S. 1262, Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care Act of 2009: Section 3003: Value index under the Medicare physician fee schedule.
H.R. 3074, Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009: entire bill.
S. 295, Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
H.R. 2251, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
H.R. 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
H.R. 1776, Quality FIRST Act of 2009: entire bill.
H.R. 2844, Medicare Payment Improvement Act of 2009, entire bill.
S. 1031, National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, provisions relating to hospitals.
H.R. 2525, Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2009, entire bill.
S. 1108, Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2009, entire bill.
H.R. 362, Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009: entire bill.
H.R. 2891, Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009: entire bill.
HELP Committee health reform proposal, The Affordable Health Choices Act: provisions relating to hospitals.
House Tri-Committee health reform discussion draft: provisions relating to hospitals.
S.318, Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
H.R. 1, The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act: provisions relating to hospitals including, HIT; comparative effectiveness.
H.R. 2201, the Medicare Equity & Accessibility Act: provisions relating to hospitals.
S. 1157, The Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act: provisions relating to hospitals.
Other Issues:
Medicare Geographic Disparity: Feingold-Klobuchar letter and McCollum-Obey letter.
Capital IME payments to hospitals: Neal-Tiberi letter and Schumer-Roberts letter.
Value-based purchasing as it relates to payments for hospitals.
DSH payments to hospitals, including Sullivan, Bingaman, Inhofe letter.
CMS proposed FY2010 rule, provisions relating to hospitals.
Budget neutrality adjustment to rural floor of wage index: Congressmen Larsen, Pascrell, and LoBiondo Letter.
Other issues continued:
Graduate medical education as it relates to hospitals.
Hospital physician self-referral issue.
CMS final 2009 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule: incident to policy.
Monitored issues relating to GPO Safe Harbor.
Issues relating to Medicare Administrative Contractors.
Monitored issues relating to Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors.
Monitored HHS Provider Conscience Regulation.
Moratorium on Medicare regulation related to hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor.
SGR fix--physician payment in Medicare.
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 |
Abigail |
Stork |
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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
S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
H.R. 1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
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 |
Abigail |
Stork |
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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
HConRes85, Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014: provisions relating to hospitals.
SConRes13, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014: provisions relating to hospitals.
President's FY 2010 budget proposal: provisions relating to hospitals.
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 |
Abigail |
Stork |
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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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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
27. Add the following 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 |