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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 555 WEST 57TH STREET |
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City | NEW YORK |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10019 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 16830-12
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6. House ID# 324950000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2023 |
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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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: David Rich |
Date | 7/19/2023 10:07:07 AM |
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
Support revisions to Medicaid DSH policy to include dual-eligible patients in state DSH cap calculation.
Discuss support for the 340B Drug Pricing Program with Congressional staff and oppose changes.
Advocate for proposals to provide direct financial support to safety net hospitals with Congressional staff.
Discuss opposition of site-neutral payment policies with Congressional staff.
Discuss FEMA reimbursement for Employee Support Costs and Hazard Pay with FEMA and Congressional staff.
Discuss hospital and health care provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 with Congressional staff.
Discuss legislative proposals with Congressional staff to stabilize long-term care and post-acute care providers: establish a temporary per diem Medicare payment to ease capacity issues and address financial challenges from slow discharges (support); make permanent three-day hospital stay waiver (support) and other COVID-19 PHE regulatory flexibilities.
Discuss nursing and ancillary health care staff shortages and support reforms: faculty recruitment and retention, additional financial support for supervision and precepting students, testing new workforce models, establishing incentives and early recruitment strategies, providing funding for clinical training site, and immigration reforms that expedite entry for foreign health care workers.
Discuss telehealth issues with Congressional staff and support the permanent extension of PHE telehealth flexibilities: removing Medicare geographic and originating site restrictions, expanding the list of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services, extending telehealth services for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, delaying in-person Medicare requirements related to behavioral health care, and allowing audio-only services.
Support the permanent extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver.
Support Medicare Advantage prior authorization reforms and pass Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (support).
Discuss the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act with Congressional staff.
Discuss commercial insurance issues and health care workforce shortages with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
Discuss GME provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 with HHS staff.
Educate Congressional staff on hospital price transparency federal rule.
Respond to Senate HELP Committee Request for Information (RFI) on workforce shortages and supply legislative recommendations.
Discuss legislative recommendations from Senate HELP Committee RFI response letter on workforce shortages with Senate Finance Committee staff.
Discuss Making Care Primary model with CMMI staff.
Discuss Medicare payment for nursing and allied health with Senate Finance Committee staff.
Discuss end of PHE billing with HHS Health Insurance Administrator.
Discuss PATIENT Act (HR 3561) with Congressional staff, including: price transparency proposal, opposition to site-neutral policies for drug administration, opposition to attestation requirements for hospital billing, opposition to changes to Inpatient Only List, support for Medicare Advantage reporting requirements, opposition to changes to 340B program, support for Community Health Center and health care workforce reauthorizations.
Discuss community benefit standard and tax-exempt hospitals with Congressional staff.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
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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Johnson |
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Elisabeth |
Wynn |
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Jonathan |
Cooper |
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Laura |
Alfredo |
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David |
Rich |
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Genny |
Glembotzky |
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Kenneth |
Raske |
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Lorraine |
Ryan |
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Puja |
Khare |
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Emily |
Leish |
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Roxanne |
Tena-Nelson |
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Alison |
Burke |
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Lloyd |
Bishop |
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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
Meet with Congressional staff and discuss support for Medicare graduate medical education funding, including support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, the Opioid Workforce Act, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, the Pathways to Practice program proposal, and the Presidents FY 2024 budget request.
Advocate for the inclusion of Medicare GME funding in FY 2024 federal budget.
Meet with HHS Region II to discuss GME legislation - the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act.
Discuss Medicare and Medicaid issues with HHS Assistant Secretary for Legislation.
Support delay of Medicaid DSH cuts. \
Support revisions to Medicaid DSH policy to include dual-eligible patients in state DSH cap calculation.
Discuss Medicaid waiver proposal with Congressional staff and HHS.
Discuss telehealth issues with Congressional staff and support for the permanent extension of PHE telehealth flexibilities.
Discuss Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver and support for its permanent extension.
Discuss legislation to provide support for safety net hospitals.
Discuss issues concerning DSH hospitals with the Executive Branch.
Meet with CMS Innovation Center to discuss CMMI models of care.
Discuss proposals that stabilize long-term care and post-acute care providers: establish a temporary per diem Medicare payment to ease capacity issues and address financial challenges from slow discharges (support), make permanent three-day hospital stay waiver (support) and other COVID-19 PHE regulatory flexibilities.
Discuss opposition of site-neutral payment policies with Congressional staff.
Discuss telehealth issues with Congressional staff and support the permanent extension of PHE telehealth flexibilities: removing Medicare geographic and originating site restrictions, expanding the list of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services, extending telehealth services for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, delaying in-person Medicare requirements related to behavioral health care, and allowing audio-only services.
Support Medicare Advantage prior authorization reforms and pass Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (support).
Discuss Making Care Primary model with CMMI staff.
Discuss Medicaid waiver application with CMS staff.
Discuss CMMI initiatives on global budgets and primary care in NYS Medicaid waiver application.
Meet with CMS staff regarding Medicare managed care.
Discuss Medicare payment for nursing and allied health with Senate Finance Committee staff.
Express opposition to Medicaid work requirements in Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 to Congressional staff.
Discuss Medicaid IMD exclusion policies with Congressional staff.
Discuss with Congressional staff support for revisions to FY 2024 IPPS proposed rule to increase payment update to hospitals.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
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 |
Timothy |
Johnson |
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Elisabeth |
Wynn |
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Jonathan |
Cooper |
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Genny |
Glembotzky |
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Lorraine |
Ryan |
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Kenneth |
Raske |
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Laura |
Alfredo |
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David |
Rich |
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Puja |
Khare |
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Roxanne |
Tena-Nelson |
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Emily |
Leish |
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Lloyd |
Bishop |
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Alison |
Burke |
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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
Advocate for inclusion of Medicare GME funding in the Presidents FY 2024 budget request.
Discuss Medicare GME funding in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 with Congressional staff and HHS staff.
Discuss Medicare Nursing and Allied Health Education Payment Policies in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Section 4143 Implementation with House Ways and Means staff.
Meeting with House Ways and Means Committee staff to discuss safety net funding issues.
Meeting with CMS Regional Administration to discuss safety net funding issues.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Timothy |
Johnson |
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Elisabeth |
Wynn |
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Jonathan |
Cooper |
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Genny |
Glembotzky |
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Lorraine |
Ryan |
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Kenneth |
Raske |
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Laura |
Alfredo |
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David |
Rich |
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Puja |
Khare |
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Roxanne |
Tena-Nelson |
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Emily |
Leish |
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Lloyd |
Bishop |
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Alison |
Burke |
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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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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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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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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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