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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 2450 N STREET, NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20037 |
Country | USA |
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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
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
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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: David B. Moore, Senior Director, Government 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 ANI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
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 |
Tannaz |
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Atul |
Grover |
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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
Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II.
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill.
President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms.
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation
H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III
Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process.
President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education
Unnumbered House subcommittee bill S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III
Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V
Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503
Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).
H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011
S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act.
Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education.
Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission.
Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs.
Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration.
Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY2014 Budget
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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 |
David B. |
Moore |
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Atul |
Grover |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Matthew |
Shick |
J.D. |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 6621, To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invests Act and Title 35 USC.
Submitted comments on:
Examination Guidelines on First Inventor to File Provisions
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), 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 |
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Shick |
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David B. |
Moore |
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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
President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services
Unnumbered House subcommittee draft/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Titles II and III
Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs.
Debt in Health Education Loan Programs (Debt HELP) bill proposal (draft)
Issues: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, and align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012
Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students.
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
Issue: Decrease Stafford loan intest rates for Medical students; retain graduate/professional student loan benefits.
H.R. 4628, Interest Rate Reduction Act
S. 2343, Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012
Issues: Maintain subsidized Stafford loan interest rates for undergraduate students, prevent rescissions from the Public Health Prevention Fund.
Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Reserve System
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 |
Matthew |
Shick |
J.D. |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2146, Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA), Title III, Section 308
S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act, Title V
H.R. 4631, Government Spending Accountability (GSA) Act of 2012
Issue: Oppose restrictions on government employees' abilities to attend scientific/medical meetings and conferences.
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 |
David B. |
Moore |
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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
Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill
H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012
Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students.
President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms.
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V
Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503
Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps.
Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft)
Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act
Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V
Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps.
S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012
Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability
H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act
Issue: Residency training in community-based settings.
P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506
Issue: Redistribution of residency positions
Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act.
H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011
S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act.
Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education.
H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act.
Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act.
H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act
Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011
H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act
Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME
and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency.
H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012
Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.
Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce.
S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011
Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information.
Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions.
Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission.
H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011
Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity.
Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies
Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform
Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement
Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments.
Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration.
Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility
Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs.
Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse
Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development
Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget
Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions.
Submitted comments on:
AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program
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), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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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Shick |
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Atul |
Grover |
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Mitchell |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Khalife |
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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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 3245, To extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religous Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program.
Issue: Reauthorize J-1 visa waiver program for physicians
Issue: H-1B visa numerical cap exemption for non-profit teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
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Shick |
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
No activity
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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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Moore |
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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 MED
16. Specific lobbying issues
Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ). Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill
Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure.
H.R. 3433, Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act of 2011
Issue: Support changes to the bill to protect intellectual property and the peer-review system.
H.R. 733/S. 3560/S. 3566, Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
Issue: Support National Institutes of Health peer review and strategic planning processes.
H.R. 1513/S. 810: Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011
H.R. 6672/H.R. 2405/S. 1855, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation.
Submitted comments on:
AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Shick |
J.D. |
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Alexandra |
Khalife |
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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
President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid.
S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.
Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act.
Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies.
Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform
Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement
Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates.
S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012
Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support
H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act
Issue: Residency training in community-based settings.
P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions)
Issue: Redistribution of residency positions
Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program
H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act
Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.
H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act
Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy.
H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012
Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments
Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions
Issue: Preventing, identifying, and treating prescription drug abuse
Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development
Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid expansions
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), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Mitchell |
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Thomason |
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services
Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ). Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination and research policy provisions in the House subcommittee.
Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure.
Presidents Budget, 2014, National Science Foundation.
H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III
Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process.
H.R. 3433, Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act of 2011
Issue: Support changes to the bill to protect intellectual property and the peer-review system.
H.R. 733/S. 3560/S. 3566, Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
Issue: Support National Institutes of Health peer review and strategic planning processes.
Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH
H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011
H.R. 6672/H.R. 2405/S. 1855, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparednesss legistaion.
Submitted comments on:
Examination Guidelines on First Inventor to File Provisions
AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events
Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Moore |
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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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
President's Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Constructions Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II
Issue: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
1 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
Name | Address |
Principal place of business (city and state or country) |
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities | Ownership percentage in client | ||||||||||
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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
1 | 5 | 9 |
2 | 6 | 10 |
3 | 7 | 11 |
4 | 8 | 12 |