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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 | 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. | ||||||||
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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: Kimberly Champi Krenik, Director, Federal Relations |
Date | 07/19/2013 |
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
Strongly advocate to extend NJs imputed wage index floor in the final FY2014 IPPS rule and for the continuation of national budget neutrality support for this vital provision; Wage index reform; Support delay of the Medicaid DSH cuts included in the ACA in light of lower than anticipated coverage expansion levels; Reject cuts to Medicare and Medicaid funding for provider services and support real solutions as Congress looks for ways to reduce the nations deficit; Improve the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program
and other Medicare audit programs; Mitigate the effects of the 2-percent sequester of Medicare payments; Mitigate the documentation and coding reductions to inpatient PPS hospitals; Reject the proposed reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; Create equity for urban Medicare-dependent hospitals; Support efforts to fix the physician payment formula in a manner that does not reduce the payments to other providers; Reject a site neutral payment policy between inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and skilled nursing facilities because it fails to consider the clinical needs of patients and the substantive differences in outcomes for patient; Prevent the reinstatement of the 75 percent rule for IRFs; Eliminate implementation of the 25 percent rule for long term hospitals; Support regulatory and legislative efforts to create greater flexibility within the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); Provide adequate funding for post-acute providers to assist in adopting interoperable electronic health records; and support the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
NJHA supports S.1012/H.R.1250, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, legislation that would make much-needed improvements to the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs; Support H.R. 1920, the DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013, a measure that would delay the Medicare and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) cuts contained in the ACA for two years until FY2016.
NJHA strongly opposes S. 183, the Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2013 and H.R. 2053, the Medicare Wage Index Equity Act of 2013, measures that would create a state specific bna for rural and imputed floors.
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 |
Kimberly |
Krenik |
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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
Oppose the President's Budget blueprint that proposed $374 billion in reductions to Medicare, of which $306 would come from providers, and $18.9 billion in reductions to Medicaid as part of his fiscal year (FY) 2014 proposal; Continue to urge lawmakers to avoid provider cuts while Congress works to find solutions to our nation's fiscal problems.
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 |
Kimberly |
Krenik |
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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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2 | 4 | 6 |