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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 | 750 9th Street, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 500 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 17933-00012
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6. House ID# 312630000
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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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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: DAVID WIERMANSKI |
Date | 1/17/2018 9:46:46 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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H. Res. 142/S. Res. 63 National Obesity Care Week Resolution
S. Res. 325 National Obesity Care Week Resolution
S. J. Res. 16 a joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the independent payment Medicare advisory board
H.J. Res 51/S. J. Res 17 Independent Payment Advisory Board Repeal
H.R 1995 Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act
H.R. 1004 Regulatory Integrity Act
H.R. 1009/S. 676 OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act
H.R. 1038/S. 413 Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending
H.R. 1072/S. 222 Obamacare Replacement Act
H.R. 1101 Small Business Health Fairness Act
H.R. 1121 Pre-Existing Conditions Protection Act
H.R. 1148/S. 431 Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act
H.R. 1215 Protecting Access to Care Act
H.R. 1267/S. 482 Personal Health Investment Today Act
H.R. 1304 Self-Insurance Protection Act
H.R. 1313 Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act
H.R. 1554 Jessie's Law
H.R. 1565 Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act
H.R. 1628 American Health Care Act
H.R. 1703 Medical Product Communications Act
H.R. 184 Protect Medical Innovation Act
H.R. 1953/S. 830 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act
H.R. 2267/S. 1301 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
H.R. 246/S. 183 Jobs and Premium Protection Act
H.R. 2550 Medicare Telehealth Parity Act
H.R. 2556/S. 1016 CONNECT for Health Act
H.R. 2797/S. 1334 Patient Choice and Quality Care Act
H.R. 2824 Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents Through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act
H.R. 284 Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act
H.R. 2953/S. 2164 Preventive Health Savings Act
H.R. 3044 to expand supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage enrollees
H.R. 3059/S. 1441 Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act
H.R. 3120 to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests
H.R. 3124/S. 1299 Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act
H.R. 3168 to provide continued access to Medicare Advantage plans for special needs
H.R. 3224 Critical Access and Rural Equity Act
H.R. 3245 Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Act
H.R. 3263 to extend the Medicare independence at home medical demonstration program
H.R. 3358/S. 1771 Fiscal Year 2018 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Bill
H.R. 3394 Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Extension Act
H.R. 3447 Furthering Access to Coordinated Treatment for Seniors Act
H.R. 3545 Overdoes Prevention and Patient Safety Act
H.R. 3726 Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017
H.R. 3728 Empowering Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness Act
H.R. 3820/S. 977 Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act
H.R. 3862 National Health Service Corps Strengthening Act
H.R. 3921 Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act
H.R. 3922 Continuing Community Health and Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act
H.R. 4541 Continuing Community Health and Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation and Keep Insurance Delivery Stable
H.R. 4613 Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act
H.R. 4616 to provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate and to provide for a delay in the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage
H.R. 4617 to provide for a temporary moratorium on the medical device excise tax
H.R. 4618 to provide for a temporary moratorium on certain taxes affecting purchases of prescription medication
H.R. 4619 to provide temporary relief from the annual fee imposed on health insurance providers, to the extent that such fee is due to Puerto Rican health insurance
H.R. 4620 Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act
H.R. 4006 Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2017
H.R. 4200/S. 2052 Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act
H.R. 4520 to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017
H.R. 4552/S. 1291 Advancing Medical Training in Community Hospitals Act
H.R. 4105 to extend the health professions workforce demonstration project
H.R. 592/S. 109 Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
H.R. 706 Plan Verification and Fairness Act
H.R. 741/S. 243 Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act
H.R. 749 Lower Drug Costs Through Competition Act
H.R. 766 Amend Title XVII of the Social Security Act to expand telehealth in Medicare
H.R. 849/S. 260 Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act
H.R. 908 Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act
H.R. 998 Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act
H.R.3545 Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
H.R.3727 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include additional telehealth services for purposes of MA organization bids, and for other purposes
H.R. 4206/S. 2051 Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act
Introduction of the Healthcare Cybersecurity Improvement Act
Introduction of the Stark Law Modernization Act of 2017
Pub L. 114-198 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
Pub L. 115-31 Fiscal Year 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act
Pub L. 115-80 National Clinical Care Commission Act
Pub. L. 102-143 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Pub. L. 111-148 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Pub. L. 111-5 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Pub. L. 114-10 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
Pub. L. 114-255, 21st Century Cures Act
Pub. L. 114-270 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act (ECHO)
Pub. L. 114-328 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
Pub. L. 114-329 American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
Pub L. 115-63 Disaster Relief and Airway Extension Act
Pub. L. 115-96 2018 Continuing Resolution
Pub. L. 115-97 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Reintroduction of TELE-MED Act of 2015
S. 108 Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act
S. 297 Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act
S. 1754 Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act
S. 1827 Keep Kids' Insurance Dependable and Secure Act
S. 1829 Strong Families Act
S. 1850 Protecting Jessica Grubbs Legacy Act (The Legacy Act)
S. 1859 Healthcare Tax Relief Act
S. 1899 to reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps
S. 1967 Mandate Relief Act
S. 191 Patient Freedom Act
S. 251 Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act
S. 309 Community Based Independence for Seniors Act
S. 464 Independence at Home Act
H .R. 1933/S. 761 Health Care Options Act of 2017
S. 787 Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act
S. 870 Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act
S. 1978 Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act
S. Con. Res. 3 Budget Resolution
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), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), 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 |
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Grealy |
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Debbie |
Witchey |
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Michael |
Freeman |
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Tina |
Grande |
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Amanda |
Uherek |
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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. J. Res. 16 a joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the independent payment Medicare advisory board
H.J. Res 51/S. J. Res 17 Independent Payment Advisory Board Repeal
H.R 1995 Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act
H.R. 1038/S. 413 Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending
H.R. 1072/S. 222 Obamacare Replacement Act
H.R. 1148/S. 431 Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act
H.R. 1628 American Health Care Act
H.R. 1953/S. 830 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act
H.R. 2267/S. 1301 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
H.R. 2550 Medicare Telehealth Parity Act
H.R. 2556/S. 1016 CONNECT for Health Act
H.R. 2797/S. 1334 Patient Choice and Quality Care Act
H.R. 2824 Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents Through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act
H.R. 284 Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act
H.R. 2953/S. 2164 Preventive Health Savings Act
H.R. 3044 to expand supplemental benefits to meet the needs of chronically ill Medicare Advantage enrollees
H.R. 3059/S. 1441 Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act
H.R. 3124/S. 1299 Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act
H.R. 3168 to provide continued access to Medicare Advantage plans for special needs
H.R. 3224 Critical Access and Rural Equity Act
H.R. 3245 Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Act
H.R. 3263 to extend the Medicare independence at home medical demonstration program
H.R. 3358/S. 1771 Fiscal Year 2018 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Bill
H.R. 3394 Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Extension Act
H.R. 3447 Furthering Access to Coordinated Treatment for Seniors Act
H.R. 3726 Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017
H.R. 3728 Empowering Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness Act
H.R. 3820/S. 977 Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act
H.R. 3862 National Health Service Corps Strengthening Act
H.R. 3921 Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act
H.R. 3922 Continuing Community Health and Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act
H.R. 4541 Continuing Community Health and Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation and Keep Insurance Delivery Stable
H.R. 4613 Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act
H.R. 4619 to provide temporary relief from the annual fee imposed on health insurance providers, to the extent that such fee is due to Puerto Rican health insurance
H.R. 4620 Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act
H.R. 4006 Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2017
H.R. 4520 to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017
H.R. 4552/S. 1291 Advancing Medical Training in Community Hospitals Act
H.R. 4105 to extend the health professions workforce demonstration project
H.R. 592/S. 109 Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
H.R. 741/S. 243 Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act
H.R. 766 Amend Title XVII of the Social Security Act to expand telehealth in Medicare
H.R. 849/S. 260 Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act
H.R. 908 Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act
H.R.3727 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include additional telehealth services for purposes of MA organization bids, and for other purposes
H.R. 4206/S. 2051 Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act
Introduction of the Healthcare Cybersecurity Improvement Act
Introduction of the Stark Law Modernization Act of 2017
Pub L. 114-198 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
Pub L. 115-31 Fiscal Year 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act
Pub L. 115-80 National Clinical Care Commission Act
Pub. L. 102-143 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Pub. L. 111-148 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Pub. L. 111-5 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Pub. L. 114-10 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
Pub. L. 114-255, 21st Century Cures Act
Pub. L. 114-270 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act (ECHO)
Pub L. 115-63 Disaster Relief and Airway Extension Act
Pub. L. 115-96 2018 Continuing Resolution
Reintroduction of TELE-MED Act of 2015
S. 1754 Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act
S. 1827 Keep Kids' Insurance Dependable and Secure Act
S. 1829 Strong Families Act
S. 1859 Healthcare Tax Relief Act
S. 1899 to reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps
S. 1967 Mandate Relief Act
S. 191 Patient Freedom Act
S. 251 Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act
S. 309 Community Based Independence for Seniors Act
S. 464 Independence at Home Act
S. 787 Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act
S. 870 Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act
S. 1978 Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), 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 |
Mary |
Grealy |
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Witchey |
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Michael |
Freeman |
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Tina |
Grande |
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Amanda |
Uherek |
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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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