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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 11400 TOMAHAWK CREEK PARKWAY |
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City | LEAWOOD |
State | KS |
Zip Code | 66211 |
Country | USA |
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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 |
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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: Thomas A. Robinett, Jr., General Counsel |
Date | 04/21/2008 |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
H.R. Con.Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
No Bill, Contact with GAO Staff, Medicare physician payment, Title VII.
No Bill, Graduate Medical Education (volunteer preceptor, Medicaid), To review regulation of voluntary preceptor and continue GME funding.
No Bill, Health Professions grant program (Title VII), To ask congress to fund this family medicine training program.
No Bill, Increased funding for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for Health Information Technology and Comparable Effectiveness Research.
No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII grants.
No Bill, Prevent cuts in funding to National Health Service Corps in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for NHSC.
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), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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
S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
S. 1642, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Make primary care physicians eligible for loan forgiveness available to those employed in areas of national need and reinstate 20/220 dept-to-income ratio to loan deferment.
S. 1858, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns.
H.R. Con.Res.312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
H.R. 3825, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns.
H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Make primary care physicians eligible for loan forgiveness available to those employed in areas of national need and reinstate 20/220 dept-to-income ratio to loan deferment.
No Bill, Contact with GAO Staff, Medicare physician payment, Title VII.
No Bill, Graduate Medical Education (volunteer preceptor, Medicaid), To review regulation of voluntary preceptors and continue GME funding.
No Bill, Health Care Workforce, To encourage the Senate to support measures to make family medicine more attractive to medical students.
No Bill, Health Professions grant program (Title VII), To ask Congress to fund this family medicine training program.
No Bill, Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education reform for primary care health professions workforce education, Protect GME payments needed to train primary care physicians.
No Bill, Medicare physician payment reform; Title VII health professions grants, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula, provide positive update for Medicare physicians payments; Promote Title VII health professions grants for primary care training.
No Bill, Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training Reauthorization, Promote Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Training programs.
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), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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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
No Bill, Health Professions Shortage Areas, To make sure the revisions to designation process are fair.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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Legislative Assistant to Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) |
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
S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
S. 400, Michelle's Law, Health care coverage for all.
S. 558, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, This helps the patients of family physicians whose health insurance
does not cover mental health conditions.
S. 1642, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Make primary care physicians eligible for loan forgiveness available to those employed in areas of national need and reinstate 20/220 debt-to-income ratio to loan deferment.
S. 2408, Health Information Technology; electronic health records; electronic prescribing, To educate Congress on the value, cost and obstacles associated with health information technology in family practices, as well as provisions that will make the adoption of HIT less onerous and expensive.
S. 2785, Medicare physician payment reform to prevent 10.6 percent cut from taking effect on July 1, 2008, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, Provide positive annual updates for Medicare physician payments.
S. 2786, Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act, To encourage physicians to practice in rural areas.
H.Con.Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, To prevent insurance and employment discrimination of the patients of family physicians.
H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, This helps the patients of family physicians whose health insurance does not cover mental health conditions.
H.R. 2851, Michelle's Law, Health care coverage for all.
H.R. 3162, Medicare physician payment reform to prevent 10.6 percent cut from taking effect on July 1, 2008, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, Provide positive annual updates for Medicare physician payments.
H.R. 3825, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, To make sure appropriate infant testing is called for.
H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Make primary care physicians eligible for loan forgiveness available to those employed in areas of national need and reinstate 20/220 debt-to-income ratio to loan deferment.
H.R. 4296, Health Information Technology; electronic health records; electronic prescribing, To educate Congress on the value, cost and obstacles associated with health information technology in family practices, as well as provisions that will make the adoption of HIT less onerous and expensive.
H.R. 5449, No discrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2008, Health care coverage for all.
No Bill, Graduate medical education; volunteer preceptor, To review regulation of and lessen the burden on voluntary preceptor and continue GME funding.
No Bill, Growth of health care spending, To make sure Congress understands how primary care can help curtail these costs.
No Bill, Health care access, To promote additional support for improved access to health care.
No Bill, Increased funding for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for Health Information Technology and Comparable Effectiveness Research.
No Bill, Increased funding for Rural Health Programs in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health Programs.
No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII Grants.
No Bill, Medicare Advantage, To make sure Congress understands how these costly plans (esp PFFS) lead to beneficiary confusion and providers underpayment.
No Bill, Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education reform for primary care health professions workforce education, Protect GME payments needed to train primary care physicians.
No Bill, Medicare physician payment reform; Title VII health professions grants, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula, provide positive update for Medicare physicians payments; Promote Title VII health professions grants for primary care training.
No Bill, Participated in AMA Antitrust Work Group, Allow physicians to bargain collectively; remove antitrust barriers on physicians; reform Federal Trade Commission regulation.
No Bill, Patient-Centered Medical Home, To introduce federal government to this model of primary care.
No Bill, Physician Quality Reporting Initiative; Value-based purchasing, To continue this bonus payment for reporting program as a voluntary program.
No Bill, Prevent cuts in funding to National Health Service Corps in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for NHSC.
No Bill, Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training Reauthorization, Promote Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Training programs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Jerome |
Connolly |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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Legislative Assistant to Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) |
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Rosemarie |
Sweeney |
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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 INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 400, Michelle's Law, Health care coverage for all.
H.R. 2851, Michelle's Law, Health care coverage for all.
H.R. 5449, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2008, Health care coverage for all.
No Bill, Consolidation of Health Insurance Companies, Family physicians find it increasingly difficult to negotiate with insurance plans that have a monopoly in the local market.
No Bill, Participated in AMA Antitrust Work Group, Allow physicians to bargain collectively; remove antitrust barriers on physicians; reform Federal Trade Commission regulation.
No Bill, Rising cost of health insurance, This affects family physicians' practices as small businesses.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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 Bill, Participated in AMA Antitrust Work Group, Allow physicians to bargain collectively; remove antitrust barriers on physicians; reform Federal Trade Commission regulation.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill, Participated in AMA Antitrust Work Group, Allow physicians to bargain collectively; remove antitrust barriers on physicians; reform Federal Trade Commission regulation.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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
S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
S. 1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement, To assure that the data that the bill requires is from an accurate source.
S. 1858, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns.
S. 2029, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, to discourage requiring pharma. companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME.
H.Con.Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
H.R. 3370, Medicare Quality Enhancement, To assure that the data that the bill requires is from an accurate source.
H.R. 3825, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns.
H.R. 5605, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, to discourage requiring pharma. companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME.
No Bill, Comparative drug effectiveness, This will provide family physicians with useful guidance for their prescribing.
No Bill, Contact with GAO Staff, Medicare physician payment; Title VII.
No Bill, Health Professions Shortage Areas, To make sure the revisions to the designation process are fair.
No Bill, Increased funding for Rural Health Programs in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs.
No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII Grants.
No Bill, Medicare quality reporting (PQRI program), To continue the program as a voluntary bonus payment one.
No Bill, Prevent cuts in funding to National Health Service Corps in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for NHSC.
No Bill, Scope of Practice, Relates to truth in advertising legislation.
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), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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Legislative Assistant to Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) |
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Rosemarie |
Sweeney |
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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
S. 558, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, This helps the patients of family physicians whose health insurance does not cover mental health conditions.
S. 1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act, To assure that the data that the bill requires is from an accurate source.
S. 2785, Medicare physician payment reform to prevent 10.6 percent cut from taking effect on July 1, 2008, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, provide positive annual updates for Medicare physician payments.
S. 2786, Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act, To encourage physicians to practice in rural areas.
H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, To prevent insurance and employment discrimination of the patients of family physicians.
H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, This helps the patients of family physicians whose health insurance does not cover mental health conditions.
H.R. 3162, Medicare physician payment reform to prevent 10.6 percent cut from taking effect on July 1, 2008, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, provide positive annual updates for Medicare physician payments.
H.R. 3370, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act, To assure that the data that the bill requires is from an accurate source.
H.R. 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, This includes revisions to physician payment system in Medicare.
H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act, To ask Congress to attach the physician payment provisions.
No Bill, AMA Strategy Session on Medicare and Antitrust.
No Bill, Contact with GAO Staff, Medicare physician payment; Title VII.
No Bill, Health Professions Shortage Areas, To make sure the revisions to the designation process are fair.
No Bill, Increased funding for Rural Health Programs in FY 2009, Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs.
No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII grants.
No Bill, Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education reform for primary care health professions workforce education, Protect GME payments needed to train primary care physicians.
No Bill, Medicare - Non-physician Providers, To expand Medicare to cover incident to services by non-physician providers (NPP).
No Bill, Medicare physician payment reform; Title VII health professions grants, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula, provide positive update for Medicare physicians payments; Promote Title VII health professions grants for primary care training.
No Bill, Medicare physician payment (SGR), To continue the Medicare payment rate to physicians for 18 months.
No Bill, Medicare quality reporting (PQRI program), To continue the program as a voluntary bonus payment one.
No Bill, Patient-Centered Medical Home, To introduce federal government to this model of primary care.
No Bill, Physician Payment reform and PCMH, To introduce federal government to this model of primary care.
No Bill, Prevent cuts in funding to National Health Service Corps in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for NHSC.
No Bill, RUC and Medicare medical home demo, To influence CMS and legislative enhance the demo.
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), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Susan L. |
Hildebrandt |
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Legislative Assistant to Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) |
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Rosemarie |
Sweeney |
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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 PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 2029, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, to discourage requiring pharma. companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME.
H.R. 5605, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, to discourage requiring pharma. companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Rosemarie |
Sweeney |
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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
S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
H.Con.Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH.
No Bill, Increased funding for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for Health Information Technology and Comparable Effectiveness Research.
No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII Grants.
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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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 SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill, Consolidation of Health Insurance Companies, Family physicians find it increasingly difficult to negotiate with insurance plans that have a monopoly in the local market.
No Bill, Rising cost of health insurance, This affects family physicians' practices as small businesses.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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
H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act, To ask Congress to attach the physician payment provisions.
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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 TOB
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 625, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, To encourage the House Energy and Commerce Commission to adopt the strongest tobacco control bill.
H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, To encourage the House Energy and Commerce Commission to adopt the strongest tobacco control bill.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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