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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 605 Upland Place |
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City | Alexandria |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22301 |
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 | 2011 |
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 | 07/17/2011 |
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:Continue to strongly urge CMS to extend or make permanent NJ's Medicare Imputed Wage Index Floor in the final FY2012 IPPS rule. Support Congresssional letters to CMS to extend floor and Congressional efforts; Continue to advocate for relief for NJ's DSH hospitals on the onerous retroactive recouping by CMS of DSH payments made to providers between 2005 and 2006; Continue to ask Congress for additional Medicare-supported physician-training positions and to maintain or increase funding for
Graduate Medical Education (GME); support the simplification of the meaningful use requirements for electronic health records and payments for hospitals with multiple campuses; urge support for Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospital (UMDH) legislation; and passage of medical malpractice reform; Support Congressional letter to CMS expressing concerns on the final rule for section 6407 of the PPACA. This rule requires documentation of face-to-face encounters prior to certification for home health services and could negatively impact access to home health services for Medicare recipients; Support Congressional letter to CMS strongly urging the agency to make changes, reevaluate, and mitigate the reductions to the coding and documentation offset in the proposed FY2012 IPPS rule. The reduction was first included in last years final FY2011 IPPS rule.
Support H.R. 1656, Urban, Medicare-Dependent Hospitals (UMDH) Preservation Act of 2011, a bill that would provide UMDHs with the same Medicare payment protection that is currently being afforded to rural Medicare-dependent hospitals; Support H. R. 1852, a measure that would reauthorize the Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program for five years to train the nations pediatric workforce; Support H.R.2500, legislation that clarifies that electronic health record incentive payments under Medicare and Medicaid should go to each campus of a multi-campus hospital system; Support H.R. 2267/S. 227, the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act which would allow nurse practitioners (NPs), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), certified nurse midwives (CNMs) and physician assistants (PAs) to order home health services under Medicare.
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)
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
CR/Budget/Deficit Reduction: NJHA opposes any additional reductions to payments to providers. As the CR process and discussions continued, NJHA urged lawmakers to not cut Medicare and Medicaid and other payments to providers; Opposed the inclusion of a 44 percent cut or $185 million cut in funding for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) in the CR package; Expressed concern on the Medicaid reductions included in the GOP budget plan that passed the House,
particularly as states struggle to balance their budgets. The reduction could severely impact access to care for our most vulnerable patients.
As Congress continues to debate strategies and discuss the numerous Congressional proposals released to rein in the national debt, NJHA continued to strongly urge lawmakers to protect healthcare programs under Medicare and Medicaid. Providers are already are absorbing $155 billion in payment reductions to Medicare and Medicaid under the PPACA. Garden State providers will bear about $4.5 billion of those cuts over the next 10 years. Both Medicare and Medicaid already reimburse N.J. hospitals at rates less than costs and yet hospitals are once again jeopardized by new and serious threats. Further cuts could weaken the safety net for low-income families, seniors and Americans with disabilities; limit the training of new physicians as the nation faces a shortage of physicians to provide primary care; and jeopardize the financial health of hospitals and post acute facilities which could result in service reductions, longer waits for care, greater pressures on hospital ERs and staff losses.
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support H.R. 4, which repeals 1099 tax reporting requirements for small businesses that were included in the PPACA and other legislation.
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 |
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Krenik |
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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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ISSUE UPDATE
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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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