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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 | 2013 |
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. | ||||||||
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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Lisa R. Westergaard, Associate General Counsel |
Date | 01/20/2014 |
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
HR 1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act, Opposing increased student loan rate.
HR 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014, Prevent cuts to primary care training grants and research.
HR 3391, Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act, Provide tax relief for IHS loan and scholarships to allow for appropriated dollars to be allocated to AAFP priorities.
HJRes59, Bipartisan Budget Act, Provide increased allocation for AAFP funding priorities in HHS. Oppose cuts or funding delays of ACA programs.
S. 1284, Appropriations for Labor HHS, Education and Related Agencies, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Federal spending priorities to support workforce.
No Bill Number, Met new director of AHRQ, Primary Care Research.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
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 |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Michelle |
Greenhalgh |
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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
HR1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act, Opposing increased student loan rate.
HR 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act for 2014, Prevent cuts to primary care training grants and research.
HR 3391, Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act, Provide tax relief for IHS loan and scholarships to allow for appropriated dollars to be allocated to AAFP priorities.
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill.
S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program.
S. 1180, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, Creation of database for public use of Medicare claims.
S. 1238, Keep Student Loans Affordable Act, Extension of reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans, since this applies to medical students.
S. 1284, Appropriations for Labor HHS, Education and Related Agencies, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Federal spending priorities to support workforce.
No Bill Number, Corps Community Day Outreach, NHSC.
No Bill Number, Independent nurse practitioners in the VA health system, Opposing designating Advanced practice nurses as independent in the VHA by means of amending the nursing handbook.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
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 |
Andrew |
Adair |
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Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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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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Deborah |
Weiner |
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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
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill.
HR 1173, Personalize Your Care Act, Payment for discussion with patients of advance health care planning.
HR 1184, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, Payment for chronic obesity management.
HR 1487, Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act, Creation of exception to the physician self referral prohibition that would allow gain sharing arrangements with hospitals.
HR 2545, Accuracy Medicare Physician Payment Act, Reform of CMS relationship to AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC).
HR 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act for 2014, Prevent cuts in primary care training grants and research.
HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care.
HR 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act, Remove the non -discrimination requirements relating to health care providers.
HR 3204, Drug Supply Safety, followed the Compounding and Track and Trace legislation in both bodies.
HJRes59, Bipartisan Budget Act, Provide increased allocation for AAFP funding priorities in HHS. Oppose cuts or funding delays of ACA programs.
S. 1238, Keep Student Loans Affordable Act, Extension of reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for medical students.
S. 1284, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ.
S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program.
No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care.
No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014.
No Bill Number, Three month SGR patch, Urge Congress to pass budget deal which includes a three month SGR patch.
No Bill Number, Corp Community Day Outreach, NHSC.
No Bill Number, Urge sequestration be replaced, Protect funds for NHSC, CHC primary care research and training.
No Bill Number, Met new director of the AHRQ, Primary care research.
No Bill Number, Comprehensive Primary care, Medicare and private payments to primary care.
No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 Proposed Medicare physician fee schedule.
No Bill Number, Primary care payment, specialized Medicare codes for primary care.
No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Primary care meeting, Medical Home and Health Care Reform.
No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Urge FDA to regulate all tobacco products.
No Bill Number, Independent nurse practitioners in the VA health system, Opposing designating Advanced practice nurses as independent in the VHA by means of amending the nursing handbook.
No Bill Number, Access to Primary Care, Increase number of primary care physicians available to underserved areas such as loan repayment changes.
No Bill Number, Emergency contraception availability, Support for emergency contraceptives more easily available.
No Bill Number, Modernization of primary care graduate medical education, Support legislation to implement a budget neutral pilot project to test innovative models for distribution of GME funding.
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), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
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 |
Andrew |
Adair |
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Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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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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Michelle |
Greenhalgh |
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Deborah |
Weiner |
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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
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill.
HR 1173, Personalize Your Care Act, Payment for discussion with patients of advance health care planning.
HR 1184, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, Payment for chronic obesity management.
HR 1487, Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act, Creation of exception to the physician self referral prohibition that would allow gain sharing arrangements with hospitals.
HR 2545, Accuracy Medicare Physician Payment Act, Reform of CMS relationship to AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC).
HR 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act for 2014, Prevent cuts in primary care training grants and research.
HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care.
HR 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act, Remove the non -discrimination requirements relating to health care providers.
HR 3204, Drug Supply Safety, followed the Compounding and Track and Trace legislation in both bodies.
S. 1180, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, Creation of database for public use of Medicare claims.
S. 1238, Keep Student Loans Affordable Act, Extension of reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for medical students.
S. 1284, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ.
S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program.
No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care.
No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014.
No Bill Number, Three month SGR patch, Urge Congress to pass budget deal which includes a three month SGR patch.
No Bill Number, Corp Community Day Outreach, NHSC.
No Bill Number, Urge sequestration be replaced, Protect funds for NHSC, CHC primary care research and training.
No Bill Number, Met new director of the AHRQ, Primary care research.
No Bill Number, Comprehensive Primary care, Medicare and private payments to primary care.
No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 Proposed Medicare physician fee schedule.
No Bill Number, Primary care payment, specialized Medicare codes for primary care.
No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Primary care meeting, Medical Home and Health Care Reform.
No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Urge FDA to regulate all tobacco products.
No Bill Number, Independent nurse practitioners in the VA health system, Opposing designating Advanced practice nurses as independent in the VHA by means of amending the nursing handbook.
No Bill Number, Access to Primary Care, Increase number of primary care physicians available to underserved areas such as loan repayment changes.
No Bill Number, Emergency contraception availability, Support for emergency contraceptives more easily available.
No Bill Number, Modernization of primary care graduate medical education, Support legislation to implement a budget neutral pilot project to test innovative models for distribution of GME funding.
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 Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA),
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 |
Andrew |
Adair |
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Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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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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Michelle |
Greenhalgh |
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Deborah J. |
Weiner |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 3391, Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act, Provide tax relief for IHS loan and scholarships to allow for appropriated dollars to be allocated to AAFP priorities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 3204, Drug Supply Safety, Followed the compounding and track and trace legislation in both legislative bodies.
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 |
Deborah |
Weiner |
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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 TOB
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill Number, E-cigarettes, Urge FDA to regulate all tobacco products.
No Bill Number, Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Surgeon General report on smoking, Urged Administration to take further steps to regulate tobacco use.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 |
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
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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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