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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1111 NORTH FAIRFAX STREET |
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City | ALEXANDRIA |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22314 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 3093-12
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6. House ID# 323830000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2015 |
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: Justin Moore |
Date | 1/20/2016 11:35:13 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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Increased Funding for FY 2016 Appropriations for NIH and report language
Increased funding for Falls Prevention Programs in CDC
FY 2016 Appropriations for CDC Programs
FY 2016 Appropriations for HRSA Programs
FY 2016 Appropriations for IDEA
FY 2016 Arthritis Funding
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Education - Dept of, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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Michael |
Matlack |
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Michael |
Hurlbut |
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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
H.R. 582/S. 307 ConTACT Act: Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act
Inclusion of allied health in HRSA education and workforce programs
HRSA Workforce Model
Support of allied health professions in federal progams
Workload approach for SISPS
Improving Inter-professional Education
IDEA - SISPS
ESEA - Military Children
HR 2342/S.1426 Physical Therapist Workforce & Patient Access Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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Michael |
Matlack |
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Michael |
Hurlbut |
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Ken |
Sprague |
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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
Implementation/Expansion of CDC Falls Program
Implementation of Affordable Care Act - provisions pertaining to Essential Health Benefits & Health Insurance Exchanges
AHRQ provisions pertaining to PT
H.R. 582/S. 307 ConTACT Act
H.R. 1383 Medicare Adult Day Services Act
H.R. 263 Adult Day Care Enhancement Act
H.R. 1707 Access to Frontline Healthcare Act
H.R. 395/S. 536 Indian Health Service Health Professionals Tax Fairness Act
H.R. 2 SGR Repeal
Physician self-referral
American Cures Act
H.R. 1608 Lymphadema Treatment Act
Health Information Technology
Nominations to PCORI Methodology Committees
H.R. 1190/S. 141 IPAB repeal
H.R. 1741 Truth In Healthcare Marketing Act
Medicaid Expansion
HR. 2342/S. 1426 Physical Therapist Workforce & Patient Access Act
Physician owned distributerships
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), White House Office
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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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Michael |
Matlack |
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Michael |
Hurlbut |
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Heather |
Smith |
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Roshunda |
Drummond-Dye |
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Ken |
Sprague |
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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
H.R. 775/S. 539 Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Therapy Caps)
Physician Quality Reporting System
Prevention Initiatives for Fraud and Abuse in The Medicare program
Accountable health care organizations/patient centered medical homes
Electronic health records/health information technology incentives for Physical Therapists
Local coverage determinations
NCCI Edits
Protection of programs related to physical therapy in deficit reduction
Medicare Advantage
PCORI National priority for research and research agenda
Health information technology
Functional Limitation Reporting
Therapy Cap: Manual Medical Review
Essential Health Benefits
Sustainable Growth Rate Reform
Medicaid essential health benefits
EHR/LTPAC settings: transitions of care
Medicare improvement standards
Bundled payment models
Common assessment tool for Medicare post-acute care
Medicare appeals process
H.R. 556/5 & S. 313 Prevent interruptions in Physical Therapy Act
Inclusion of physical therapists in quality programs in SGR reform
FTC Anti-competition
Self-referral
Comments on CY2015 OPPS rule
Coverage of telehealth
APTA Registry
H.R. 2 Medicare Access and CHIP reauthorization act
Medicare, amendment to repeal the therapy cap
H.R. 1650 Private contracting
H.R. 1458 Bundling and coordinating post-acute care act
Quality Programs
Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act (AIM)
IMPACT
Medicare Pilot Programs
Chronic Care Management
HR.2709 Professional Success to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2015
HR.1674 Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
HR.4766/S.2408 Safe Patient Handling
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), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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Michael |
Matlack |
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Roshunda |
Drummond-Dye |
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Michael |
Hurlbut |
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Heather |
Smith |
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Ken |
Sprague |
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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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Qualification standard in the Veterans Admin
Physical Therapy workforce numbers in the Veterans Admin
VA Rehab services
GS Schedule PT payment/PTA payment
Physical therapy in telehealth or virtual medicine
PT Day in VA/Collaboration with VA
TRICARE and PTAs
Residency opportunities in VA system
HAIG Survey of state of PT in VA
VA Staffing Comments
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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Michael |
Hurlbut |
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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 SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 775/S. 539 Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Medicare Therapy Caps)
H.R. 556/S. 313 Locum tenens
H.R. 1650 Medicare private contracting
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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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Michael |
Hurlbut |
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Ken |
Sprague |
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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 MED
16. Specific lobbying issues
NIH Rehab issues
H.R. 1631/S. 800 A bill to improve, coordinate and enhance rehabilitation research at NIH
APTA role with NIH
Traumatic brain injury research
Support of work done at CDC Injury Center on elder adult falls, TBI, youth sports concussions
The American Cures Act
NIH Research and Development funding
H.R. 1420 National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act
Comments on 'Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Common Data Element (CDE) Public Review Package
AHRQ Quality measure development panel for hip fracture patients and fall risk in PAC
Comments on Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults with Known Risk Factors
PT role in childhood obesity
Relocate TBI State Grant Program to ACL
HR.1271 Concussion Awareness & Education Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), 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 |
Justin |
Moore |
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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Expansion of coverage under TriCare
Payment of physical therapy assistants under Tricare
Military children with special health care needs
PT Day in DoD
NDAA Conference Report
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD)
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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Hurlbut |
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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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