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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 860 WINTER STREET |
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City | WALTHAM |
State | MA |
Zip Code | 02451 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 23975-12
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6. House ID# 319670000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Corinne Broderick, Executive Vice President |
Date | 04/17/2014 |
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. 1700: Do Not Track Kids Act - Amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend, enhance, and revise the provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, to establish certain other protections for personal information of children and minors
Support nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General
SGR : Repeal of the current Medicare Physician Payment Formula including:
H.R. 4015/S.2000 : SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014
HR 2810 : Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013
S.2157: Common sense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
H.R. 4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
S 1871 : Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Act of 2014
S 2110: Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
Public Law No: 113-93
Opposition to Audiologist Direct Access to Patients: H.R. 4035/S. 2046: Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014
Sunshine Act (42 CFR Parts 402 and 403): Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Programs; Transparency
Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests - provisions regarding educational materials that directly benefit patients, impact on quality patient care, medical education and scientific peer reviewed medical journals, reprints, abstracts, supplements and textbooks (no specific bill)
Delay of ICD 10 (no specific bill)
Problems with prescription drug abuse and drug abuse (no specific bill)
Comments to CMS:
Concerns about backlog in Medicare appeals
Concerns regarding 90-Day Grace Period in ACA-Subsidized Exchange Health Insurance
Medicare Program Contract year 2015 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs: Concerns about proposal to eliminate antidepressants, immunosuppressants and antipsychotics from the list of currently protected drugs under Part D and proposed changes to revoke a physicians ability to prescribe.
Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers
Comments to HHS:
Comments to the Federal Health Architecture's (FHA) Directed Exchange Workgroup guidance on directed exchanges
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 & 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 |
Alexandra |
Calcagno |
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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. 1700: Do Not Track Kids Act - Amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend, enhance, and revise the provisions relating to collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children, to establish certain other protections for personal information of children and minors
Support nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General
SGR : Repeal of the current Medicare Physician Payment Formula including:
H.R. 4015/S.2000 : SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014
HR 2810 : Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013
S.2157: Common sense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
H.R. 4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
S 1871 : Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Act of 2014
S 2110: Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014
Public Law No: 113-93
Opposition to Audiologist Direct Access to Patients: H.R. 4035/S. 2046: Access to Hearing Healthcare Act of 2014
Sunshine Act (42 CFR Parts 402 and 403): Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Programs; Transparency
Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests - provisions regarding educational materials that directly benefit patients, impact on quality patient care, medical education and scientific peer reviewed medical journals, reprints, abstracts, supplements and textbooks (no specific bill)
Delay of ICD 10 (no specific bill)
Problems with prescription drug abuse and drug abuse (no specific bill)
Comments to CMS:
Concerns about backlog in Medicare appeals
Concerns regarding 90-Day Grace Period in ACA-Subsidized Exchange Health Insurance
Medicare Program Contract year 2015 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs: Concerns about proposal to eliminate antidepressants, immunosuppressants and antipsychotics from the list of currently protected drugs under Part D and proposed changes to revoke a physicians ability to prescribe.
Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers
Comments to HHS:
Comments to the Federal Health Architecture's (FHA) Directed Exchange Workgroup guidance on directed exchanges
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 & 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 |
Alexandra |
Calcagno |
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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 MIA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Sunshine Act provisions regarding educational materials that directly benefit patients, impact on quality patient care, medical education and scientific peer reviewed medical journals, reprints, abstracts, supplements and textbooks (no specific bill)
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 |
Alexandra |
Calcagno |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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
27. Add the following 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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2 | 4 | 6 |