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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 717 Putnam Place |
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| City | Alexandria |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22302 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Princeton |
State | NJ |
Zip Code | 08543 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 29128-12
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6. House ID# 312210000
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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
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Kimberly Champi Krenik, Director, Federal Relations |
Date | 01/17/2013 |
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
Medicare: If Congress did not act, automatic 2% Medicare cuts contained in last years Budget Control Act would have proceeded on January 3.Congress was charged with making tough decisions that would have critically affected providers, including what to do with the Medicare physician payment fix, Medicare extenders, and other expiring tax provisions.
NJHA advocated strongly to ensure that Congress did not impose arbitrary payment cuts to providers, but instead offers real solutions to our nations fiscal problems. NJHA remained concerned about, the SGR, the Medicare extenders, a framework to delay the sequester that could potentially impact Medicare and Medicaid, and the potential for reductions to payments for hospitals services to be used as an offset remain on the table for consideration.
The current physician fix was set to expire December 31 as well as other expiring Medicare payment provisions of importance to hospitals. Unless Congress intervened, physicians would of seen their Medicare payments cut by 26 percent on January 1. NJHA supported fixing the physician payment formula to prevent this reduction; however, physician payment offsets should not come from other health care providers, including acute and post acute hospitals, who are themselves working to provide high-quality, innovative and efficient care to beneficiaries in their communities and experiencing negative margins under the Medicare program. NJHA opposed any reductions to Medicare and Medicaid payments Congress was considering to offset the fiscal cliff agreement, specifically, cuts to GME, IME, E/M services provided in hospital outpatient departments, bad debt, among other proposed reductions.
NJHA supported efforts to avert the fiscal cliff and avoid the 2% reduction but not on the backs of providers.
Strongly oppose any legislative efforts to eliminate NJ's imputed rural floor. Strongly urge Congress to protect and extend NJ's imputed floor that levels the playing with other states.
Support legislation to reauthorize payments to childrens hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (GME). The legislation reauthorized the children's hospital graduate medical education program and funds it at its original level of $330 million. The program has been operating with 30 percent less this year.
While Congress continued to deliberate on how to address the fiscal cliff issue, NJHA continued to strongly urge the NJ Congressional delegation to act on important issues to NJ including extending NJs imputed rural floor, extension of Section 508 of the MMA, pass Urban Medicare Dependent Hospital legislation, SGR, extend and expand our gainsharing pilot, preserve payments to post acutes, and opposed any additional cuts to Medicare and Medicaid to NJs providers.
CMMI unexpectedly suspended implementation of Bundled Payment Model 1 Gainsharing Demonstration Project. NJHA, on behalf of the 30 Medicare providers approved by CMMI to participate in this Demo, urged the NJ Congressional delegation to intercede to reverse CMMIs recent decision to suspend the gainsharing pilot. NJHA strongly urged CMS and CMMI to consider reinstating Model 1 for live implementation as originally planned.
Support H.R. 6575, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2012, legislation that would make much needed improvements to the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, and other Medicare audit programs.
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
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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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urge Congress to act quickly on a relief measure to provide needed resources to NJs providers to help recover from Hurricane
Sandy.
Support H.R. 6672, to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act through 2012, which was set to expire in March.
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
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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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