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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1876 NIAGARA FALLS BLVD. |
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City | TONAWANDA |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 14150 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 41055-12
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6. House ID# 329870000
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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 |
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
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12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
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: John E. Bartimole, President |
Date | 04/18/2008 |
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
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act (S.458); Rural Health Services Preservation Act (S.630); Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007 (S.1604); Health Information Exchange (S.1693); Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations Affecting Intergovernmental Transfers (S.2460); Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (S.2499); Temporary increase in Federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program (S.2620); Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid
Rules; increase FMAP (s.2819); Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R.976); Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 (H.R.1663); Rural Health Services Preservation Act (H.R.2159); One-Year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program (H.R.4105); Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program (H.R.5268); Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules (H.R.5613); FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule"; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program Funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-Profit Hospital Tax-Exempt Status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance/value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Emergency Preparedness; Medicare wage index; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False Claims Act expansion; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.
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, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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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Bartimole |
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Sweet |
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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
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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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)
Internet Address:
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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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2 | 4 | 6 |