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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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Signature | Digitally Signed By: Catherine Hurley |
Date | 1/13/2022 9:35:08 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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
(H.R. 5) Equality Act - Urged Congress to craft a bill that respects the dignity and rights of all people from all forms of unjust discrimination while at the same time ensuring that faith-based health care providers are able to provide services in accordance with their religious belief.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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.
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Urged Congress to address an extension of the moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts, as well as preventing the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester from taking effect by the end of the year.
Urged Congress to permanently authorize CHIP and the bipartisan proposal to provide one year of continuous eligibility for children covered by Medicaid and CHIP.
(H.R. 5376) Build Back Better Act of 2021 - Urged Congress to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program and uncompensated care pools from the Build Back Better Act.
(H.R. 5376) Build Back Better Act of 2021 - Expressed support for the inclusion of a mandatory, permanent extension of Medicaid coverage from 60 days to one full year postpartum and
provisions of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus in the Build Back Better Act.
(S. 2210/H.R. 4131) Better Care Better Jobs Act of 2021- Expressed support for the inclusion of the bicameral Better Care Better Jobs Act to expand and improve access to Medicaid-funded home-and community-based services (HCBS), a chronically under-resourced sector.
Urged Congress to continue to prioritize maternal health in the reconciliation legislation by requiring Medicaid to cover a full year postpartum.
Urged Congress to maintain Medicare telehealth coverage for two years following the end of the PHE.
(S. 834/H.R. 2256) The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 - Urged Congress and President of the United States to support the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021. This legislation would alleviate the physician shortage by gradually providing 14,000 new Medicare-supported GME positions and further invest in the physician workforce by increasing the number of Medicare-support GME positions.
(S. 2986/H.R. 2503) The Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 - Expressed support for the Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021. This legislation would continue to provide needed resources that would address the social determinants of health affecting the Medicaid population and improve health outcomes.
Opposed additional cuts to the Medicare program and repurposing unused COVID-19 relief funds as financing mechanisms in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Medicare funds should not be used to pay for roads or bridges.
Expressed support the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 and asked to work with CMS to implement the Medicaid supplemental payment reporting system by offering technical expertise and context.
(S. 4108/H.R. 6539) Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act - Expressed support for the Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act. This legislation would provide an automatic federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) increase to state Medicaid programs during an economic downturn.
(S. 748/H.R. 1868) Medicare Sequester Relief Act - Expressed support for the Medicare Sequester Relief Act. This legislation would extend the 2% Medicare sequester moratorium for the duration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and prevent a projected 4% Medicare spending cut scheduled to begin next year.
(H.R. 265) Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act - Expressed support for the Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act. This legislation will provide a long-term solution for Medicaid beneficiaries residing in the U.S. Territories, while ensuring that territorial governments are given fiscal relief to stabilize the health and economic security of their jurisdictions.
Urged the House to add an increase to the FMAP of at least 12% in the COVID-19 relief and budget reconciliation legislation. This additional funding is essential for states to ensure that beneficiaries have continuous coverage during this public health emergency.
(H.R. 4996) Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act - Expressed support for including the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act in the next COVID -19 relief package and increase funding for maternal home visiting programs to improve the health and wellbeing of mothers and infants.
(S. 2080/H.R. 647) Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act - Urged Congress to increase support and access to palliative care by including the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act in the next COVID - 19 relief package.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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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16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to provide funding for purchasing, production, delivery, and outreach efforts for COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
Urged HHS to provide an extension for the deadline to utilize the remaining resources in the Provider Relief Fund. Extending the June 30 deadline by which providers must use their COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments would allow providers to continue to offer services during the public health emergency.
Urged Congress to support the American Recovery Plan Act. This COVID-19 relief package would expand health care access for an estimated 1.7 million people through increased support and affordability for individuals and families in the health insurance marketplaces, add incentives for states to expand Medicaid for uninsured low-income adults, provide additional resources for COVID testing, treatment, vaccinations, and add several measures to assist low-income and disadvantaged individuals and families through housing and nutrition programs.
Urged congress to include the following targeted measures in the next COVID-19 relief package that would continue to support front-line providers: Additional resources for testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and the Provider Relief Fund, extend the moratorium on Medicare sequestration cuts to provide financial stability during this public health emergency and providing loan forgiveness for safety-net hospitals and providers in the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments (AAP) program, and extend the Public Health Emergency telehealth flexibilities.
Urged congress to ensure these targeted measures are included in the next COVID-19 relief package: ensure all people have equitable access to a safe, affordable and effective vaccine by strengthening vaccine distribution, improving vaccine outreach efforts, ensuring affordable access to vaccines for low-income communities, and supporting additional funding for international humanitarian and global health and vaccination programs.
Urged HHS to restore in full the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements contained in the June 19, 2020 frequently asked question (FAQ) on defining expenses and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19 and to allow hospital systems to move targeted distributions within their system to follow COVID-19 patients and the hospitals that are incurring the expenses and lost revenues directly attributable to the virus.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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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.
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16. Specific lobbying issues
(S. 1024/H.R. 2255) - The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - Expressed support for the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act. This legislation would provide a long-term solution for immigrant physicians and nurses by recapturing 15,000 unused employment-based immigrant visas from prior years for physicians and 25,000 for professional nurses ensuring that these vital members of the health care workforce can continue to meet the urgent health care needs our nation faces during the PHE.
(H.R. 6) American Dream and Promise Act - Expressed support for the American Dream and Promise Act. This legislation would provide lawful permanent residency and a pathway to citizenship for qualifying young immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as well as holders of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED).
(S. 348/H.R. 348) U.S. Citizenship Act - Expressed support for the U.S Citizenship Act. This legislation would offer a pathway to citizenship for approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants with an expedited pathway for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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(H.R. 8) - Background Checks Act - Expressed support for the Background Checks Act. This legislation would expand the current criminal background checks system to all commercial firearm sales and ensure that individuals with violent criminal records or those suffering from mental health crisis are not able to circumvent existing background check requirements.
Urged Congress to increase funding to the CDC and NIH for firearm morbidity and mortality prevention research to a total of $50 million as part of FY 2022 appropriations. This funding increase can help overcome the decades-long lack of federal funding that set back our nations response to the public health issue of firearm-related morbidity and mortality
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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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16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged the Senate to include vital health and social needs policies in the Build Back Better reconciliation legislation and recommended several necessary improvements to the bill being considered by the Senate.
Urged the Office of the President of the U.S. to continue to advocate for the inclusion of important health and social needs policies in the reconciliation package the office is negotiating with Congress.
Expressed support for the No Surprised Act of 2022. This legislation will provide protections to patients with gaps in their health care coverage that could result in unanticipated bills.
Shared comments on the interim final rule entitled Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II (86 Fed.Reg. 55,980), implementing portions of the No Surprises Act enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (the IFR).
Urged Congress to provide robust funding for health and human services programs to support families and communities during this time of recovery and to include long-standing policies that protect human life and the ability of religious providers to care for individuals and families in need .
(S. 2080/H.R. 647) Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA): Expressed support for the upcoming reconciliation package to include efforts to grow, improve and sustain the palliative care and hospice workforce. This legislation would strengthen clinical practice and improve health care delivery for patients living with serious or life-threatening illness, as well as their families, by directing funding toward palliative care research and establish education centers and career incentive awards to improve the training of doctors, nurses, physician assistants, social workers and other health professionals in palliative care.
(S.1975/H.R.3755) Womens Health Protection Act: Opposed the Women Health Protection Act. This bill undermines the long held bipartisan support for faith-based providers to provide quality health care services in accordance with their mission and deeply held religious and moral convictions.
(H.R. 6151) Urged congress to enact a permanent extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through the CARING for Kids Act or the Childrens Health Insurance Program Permanency (CHIPP) Act. This legislation would protect the health security and well-being of the 10 million children and pregnant women currently enrolled in CHIP while taking the long overdue and necessary step of finally making CHIP permanent.
Urged Congress to include language that requires 12-month continuous eligibility for children on Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the next reconciliation package. Stability in Medicaid and CHIP coverage will provide continuous eligibility and lessen financial stress and offer steady access to needed care for children on Medicaid and CHIP and their families.
Urged Congress to include provisions to expand access to affordable health care, address health equity, shore-up the health care workforce and improve and enhance the social safety net in the budget reconciliation package. These provisions provide the necessary resources to help our communities recover from the PHE.
Urged Congress to incorporate the following policies in the Build Back Better budget reconciliation package: Strengthen mental health investment in Medicaid, invest in pediatric mental health infrastructure, enhance systems of care, support the pediatric mental health workforce,
extend and enhance telehealth flexibilities. These policies will address the unprecedented circumstances children and families have had to face during the PHE.
Expressed support for the 340B federal drug pricing program and urged Congress to consider policies that will lower the costs of prescription drugs for all living in America and ensure consideration is given to any potential impact these policies may have on 340B that could limit or reduce the savings that participating hospitals rely on to serve their patients.
(S. 674) Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act of 2021 - Urged Congress to include the Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act in the infrastructure and jobs legislation. The Legislation would fill long-standing gaps in public health, enable modernization of archaic technologies and systems, and build a foundation for a more effective, efficient public health response to future pandemics.
Urged congress to include the following targeted measures in the next COVID-19 relief package that would continue to support front-line providers: Additional resources for testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and the Provider Relief Fund, extend the moratorium on Medicare sequestration cuts to provide financial stability during this public health emergency and providing loan forgiveness for safety-net hospitals and providers in the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments (AAP) program, and extend the Public Health Emergency telehealth flexibilities.
Urged congress to ensure these targeted measures are included in the next COVID-19 relief package: ensure all people have equitable access to a safe, affordable and effective vaccine by strengthening vaccine distribution, improving vaccine outreach efforts, ensuring affordable access to vaccines for low-income communities, and supporting additional funding for international humanitarian and global health and vaccination programs.
(H.R. 959/S. 346) - The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 - Expressed support for the Black Maternal Health Momnibus. This this legislation would address the maternal health disparities faced by black women and other women of color.
Urged Congress to prioritize expanding affordable health care coverage, reducing health disparities, and ensuring affordable housing in any infrastructure and recovery legislative package.
Urged Congress to address health disparities, promote equity and protect immigrant families in the next COVID-19 relief package by directing additional funding and support to states, localities and community-based organizations for targeted outreach, testing and treatment for vulnerable individuals and communities; ensuring states can use emergency Medicaid coverage for all immigrants who need COVID-19 testing, vaccines or treatment and do not otherwise qualify for Medicaid; providing support for language assistance resources and outreach for limited English proficient populations and other minorities, and collect, analyze and disseminate accurate public health data using race and ethnicity in order to understand and effectively address the pandemic.
Expressed support for the following proposed provisions in the next COVID - 19 relief package: Provide $7.5 billion in funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for vaccine promotion, tracking and administration including $1 billion to promote vaccine confidence, allocate $46 billion to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for testing, tracing and monitoring activities including the implementation of a national strategy supporting the development and distribution of tests and personal protective equipment and investing in community based approaches to address the virus, provide $1.8 billion to HHS for the purchase, procurement and distribution of COVID-19 tests and testing supplies, personal protective equipment for staff and residents of congregate settings including long-term care facilities. This legislation will strengthen the national and global COVID-19 vaccination effort and promote health equity.
Urged Congress to include the following measure in the next COVID - 19 relief package: Increase federal support for programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to address the mental health, substance abuse and opioid challenges faced by individuals, families and communities during the Public Health Emergency.
Expressed support for the following provisions being considered by the Ways and Means Committee in its COVID-19 relief and budget reconciliation legislation: Provide $6 billion for tribal health programs through the Indian Health Service (IHS), and a 100% FMAP for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries at Urban Indian Organizations and Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems.
Expressed support for the following proposed provisions in the next COVID 19 relief package: Increasing the value and eligibility of premium tax subsidies in the Health Insurance Marketplaces while guaranteeing that no one will pay more than 8.5% of their income for health insurance and Creating health care subsidies for those who are unemployed and ineligible for COBRA coverage. This legislation will protect and expand health care coverage and access for recipients.
Urged Congress to support at least $750 million for the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant in the FY2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies Appropriations bill. This legislation will address the unique needs of maternal and child health populations in each state, territory, and jurisdiction of the United States, promote health equity and reduce disparities in access and care experienced most acutely by Black, Tribal, Indigenous and other people of color and meet the increased demands being placed on the Block Grant.
Urged Congress to provide $485 million in FY 2022 funding for The Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME). This funding would continue to provide support for sustaining pediatric training programs at childrens hospitals to meet the needs of children now and in the future, and address critical shortages in pediatric subspecialty care.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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Urged HHS to restore in full the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting requirements contained in the June 19, 2020 frequently asked question (FAQ) on defining expenses and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19 and to allow hospital systems to move targeted distributions within their system to follow COVID-19 patients and the hospitals that are incurring the expenses and lost revenues directly attributable to the virus.
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Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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Urged the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to delay compliance dates for at least six months and to ensure that the agencys initial enforcement efforts consider hospitals good faith efforts to comply and address enforcement in an educational, non-punitive manner.
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Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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Urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take immediate to extend the Centers for Disease Controls eviction moratorium for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen the moratorium so that it is automatic and universal, closes loopholes in the moratoriums protections, and enforces those protections. The eviction moratorium extends vital protections to renters at risk of eviction during the public health emergency.
Urged congress to bolster the social safety net by including the following targeted measures in the next COVID-19 relief package: supporting access to housing by increasing funding for emergency rental assistance, housing vouchers, 202 housing programs, extending the eviction and foreclosure moratoriums through September 30, 2021, increasing the benefits for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for all recipients through the length of the public health and economic crisis and reducing the state SNAP match requirement, supporting homelessness assistance outreach programs by providing additional Emergency Solutions Grants to state and local communities to secure additional permanent and congregate housing for individuals experiencing homelessness and raise the cap and extend the Paycheck Protection Loan program to assist nonprofits providing critical social services to those in need.
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Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Urged Congress to take immediate action to extend the federal eviction moratorium to protect vulnerable renters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Urged Congress to prioritize robust investments in housing vouchers, public housing, and the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in any future recovery or infrastructure package. These investments will provide housing solutions that address the underlying, systemic causes of the housing and homelessness crisis in the United States.
Urged President Biden and Secretary Fudge to prioritize robust investments in housing vouchers, public housing, and the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in any future recovery or infrastructure package. These investments will provide critical and proven housing solutions to address the underlying, systemic causes of the housing and homelessness crisis in the United States.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S.
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Urged the acting director to include provisions that expand the Administrations efforts to reduce tobacco use, which remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States in the Administrations budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.
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Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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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,
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