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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 | 11400 TOMAHAWK CREEK PARKWAY |
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City | LEAWOOD |
State | KS |
Zip Code | 66211-2672 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 1342-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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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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: Lisa R. Westergaard |
Date | 4/20/2017 5:52:05 PM |
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
HR 5926 & S 3068 - HHS FY 2017 appropriations priorities: AHRQ, Health Resources & Services Admin, Title VII, Title X NHSC: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research; AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
SConRes 3 - FY17 Budget Resolution: Health Care Coverage, Prevention & Public Health fund.
No Bill No: Introductions to offer new legislators with a family medicine contact: AAFP policy on healthcare coverage for all highlighting primary care.
No Bill No: FY2018 appropriations for AHRQ, HRSA Title VII, section 747, THCGME, NHSC, CMS CDC, SAMHSA: AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
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 |
Mark |
Cribben |
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Teresa |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Hall |
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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
HR 5926 & S 3068 - HHS FY 2017 appropriations priorities: AHRQ, Health Resources & Services Admin, Title VII, Title X NHSC: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research; AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
No Bill No: Introductions to offer new legislators with a family medicine contact: AAFP policy on healthcare coverage for all highlighting primary care.
No Bill No: FY2018 appropriations for AHRQ, HRSA Title VII, section 747, THCGME, NHSC, CMS CDC, SAMHSA: AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME: ask members to sign a bi-partisan letter requesting E&C to extend the THCGME program.
No Bill No. - Traditional GME: advocate for AAFP's suite of positions on GME reform.
No Bill No: Introductions to offer new legislators with a family medicine contact: AAFP policy on healthcare coverage for all highlighting primary care.
No Bill No.: Agency for Healthcare, Research & Quality: Primary care research.
No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Health Professions Sec. 474 Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants.
No Bill No. Congressional Primary Care Caucus: Urge Members to join the cuacus and support primary care to achieve the triple aim in healthcare.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), 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 |
Mark |
Cribben |
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Adair |
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Teresa |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Sonya |
Clay |
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Robert |
Hall |
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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
HR 372 - The competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017: Urge passage of repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act.
HR 1101 Small Business Health Fairness Act: Association health plans may not meet standard of health care coverage.
HR 1215 Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017: Urge reform of medical liability law
HR 1304 Self Insurance Protection Act: ERISA plans should be held responsible for medical outcomes just like other plans.
HR 1313 Preserving Employee Wellness Programs: Opposition to employer inquiries on genetic/medical info of workers.
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act (Repeal and Replace Obamacare): educate members and staff on
AAFP's positions on Health Care for all; advocate for changes to the AHCA and ultimately lobby against the bill; protecting the ACA coverage gains from being lost; urge defeat of HR 1628.
HR 5926 & S 3068 - HHS FY 2017 appropriations priorities: AHRQ, Health Resources & Services Admin, Title VII, Title X NHSC: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research; AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
SConRes 3 - FY17 Budget Resolution: Health Care Coverage, Prevention & Public Health fund.
No Bill No: Introductions to offer new legislators with a family medicine contact: AAFP policy on healthcare coverage for all highlighting primary care.
No Bill No. - Direct Primary Care: Advocate for introduction and c0-sponsorship of a bill to allow more patient access to the DPC model.
No Bill No. - President Obama's plan to address the prescription opioid abuse and heroin use epidemic.
No Bill No. - National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps: NHSC scholarships & loans, physician workforce distribution.
No Bill No. - Primary Care Briefings; promoting the value of primary care.
No Bill No: FY2018 appropriations for AHRQ, HRSA Title VII, section 747, THCGME, NHSC, CMS CDC, SAMHSA: AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
No Bill No - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality: Primary care research.
No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Health Professions Sec. 474 Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants.
No Bill No: Draft bill to limit opioid prescribing: oppose limits on patients' access to pharmaceuticals prescribed by a physician using appropriate clinical training and knowledge.
No Bill No. - Nominations to USDA committee: maternal, infant, fetal nutrition.
No Bill No. - Sign on letter in support of vaccines; vaccines.
No Bill No. - Improvement of EHRs and HIT: Meaningful use, EHR, HIT.
No Bill No. - Adult Vaccines: Advocating for health care reform provisions that support vaccine access.
No Bill No. - Expressing concerns about legislation that interferes with the doctor-patient relationship or access to family planning services.
No Bill No. Congressional Primary Care Caucus: Urge Members to join the caucus and support primary care to achieve the triple aim in healthcare.
No Bill No. - Health Insurance Marketplace Issues and Provider Involvement with Patient Enrollment: Network adequacy, patient enrollment in marketplaces.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), 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 |
Mark |
Cribben |
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Andrew |
Adair |
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Teresa |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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Sonya |
Clay |
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Robert |
Hall |
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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
HR 1215 Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017: Urge reform of medical liability law
HR 1313 Preserving Employee Wellness Programs: Opposition to employer inquiries on genetic/medical info of workers.
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act (Repeal and Replace Obamacare): educate members and staff on
AAFP's positions on Health Care for all; advocate for changes to the AHCA and ultimately lobby against the bill; protecting the ACA coverage gains from being lost; urge defeat of HR 1628.
HR 5926 & S 3068 - HHS FY 2017 appropriations priorities: AHRQ, Health Resources & Services Admin, Title VII, Title X NHSC: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research; AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
No Bill No. - Site-Neutral Payments: Educate new members on AAFP's position in site-neutral payments.
No Bill No. - Traditional GME: Advocate for AAFP's suite of positions on GME reform.
No Bill No: Introductions to offer new legislators with a family medicine contact: AAFP policy on healthcare coverage for all highlighting primary care.
No Bill No.: Primary Care Briefings: Promoting the value of primary care.
No Bill No: FY2018 appropriations for AHRQ, HRSA Title VII, section 747, THCGME, NHSC, CMS CDC, SAMHSA: AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
No Bill No.- Agency for Healthcare research and quality: Primary care research.
No Bill No.- Alternative payment models: primary care and patient centered APMs.
No Bill No. - Improvement of EHRs and HIT: meaningful use, EHR, HIT
No Bill No.- Letter of intent on Primary Care APM: letter of intent on the APC-APM
No Bill No.- Nominations to MACPAC: Getting FPs on a Medicaid Committee
No Bill No. - Joint letter to White House on access to care: AHCA and ACA
No Bill No.- Response to 2018 MA and Part D proposals: Getting FPs on a Medicare commission.
No Bill No.- Joint letter to CMS on quality/EHR: Delaying penalties
No Bill No.- Response on pediatric APM RFI: not fragmenting care through fragmented APMs
No Bill No.- Joint letter to CMS on lab payment: PAMA, lab payments.
No Bill No.- Site neutral payments: Educating new members on AAFP's position on site-neutral payments.
No Bill No. - Appropriate use criteria: advocating flexibility on the Medicare's appropriate use criteria requirements for imaging services.
No Bill No.- Congressional Primary Care Caucus: Urge members to join the Caucus and support Primary Care to achieve the triple aim in healthcare.
No Bill No. - Traditional GME: advocate for AAFP's suite of positions on GME reform.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), White House Office, 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 |
Mark |
Cribben |
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Andrew |
Adair |
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Teresa |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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Sonya |
Clay |
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Robert |
Hall |
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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 ALC
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill No. - President Obama's plan to address the prescription opioid abuse and heroin use epidemic.
No Bill No: Draft bill to limit opioid prescribing: oppose limits on patients' access to pharmaceuticals prescribed by a physician using appropriate clinical training and knowledge.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
White House Office, 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 |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst & 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
No Bill No: Introductions to offer new legislators with a family medicine contact: AAFP policy on healthcare coverage for all highlighting primary care.
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 |
Teresa |
Baker |
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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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 7 and HConRes. 43: Expressing concerns about legislation that interferes with the doctor-patient relationship or access to family planning services.
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 |
Sonya |
Clay |
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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
HR 372 - The competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017: Urge passage of repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act.
HR 1215 Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017: Urge reform of medical liability law
HR 1304 Self Insurance Protection Act: ERISA plans should be held responsible for medical outcomes just like other plans.
HR 1628 - American Health Care Act (Repeal and Replace Obamacare): educate members and staff on
AAFP's positions on Health Care for all; advocate for changes to the AHCA and ultimately lobby against the bill; protecting the ACA coverage gains from being lost; urge defeat of HR 1628.
HR 1101 Small Business Health Fairness Act: Association health plans may not meet standard of health care coverage.
No Bill No - Primary Care Briefings: Promoting the value of primary care.
No Bill No: FY2018 appropriations for AHRQ, HRSA Title VII, section 747, THCGME, NHSC, CMS CDC, SAMHSA: AAFP federal spending priorities for primary care training research and access.
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 |
Teresa |
Baker |
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Sonya |
Clay |
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Andrew |
Adair |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Robert |
Hall |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 7 and HConRes. 43: Expressing concerns about legislation that interferes with the doctor-patient relationship or access to family planning services.
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
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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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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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