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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 801 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, #245 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 14267-12
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6. House ID# 326350000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2009 |
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: Jeffrey G. Micklos, General Counsel |
Date | 07/20/2009 |
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
Health Care Reform The President and Congress have been developing plans to institute comprehensive reform of the health care delivery and payments systems in the United States. (Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Bill, House Tri-Committee Bill)
HIT - HR 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
HR 1776 - Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2009 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provision of such services under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
Stand for Quality - Initiative to codify the health care quality infrastructure that has operated outside the realm of Congress to this point.
Administrative Simplification A policy proposal in the context of health insurance reform that would reduce administrative barriers between providers and health insurers.
Group Purchasing Organization Regulations Policy proposals have been discussed in the context of health reform that would result in additional federal regulation of Group Purchasing Organizations.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, 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 |
Jayne |
Chambers |
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Jeff |
Cohen |
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Charles N. |
Kahn |
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Jeffrey G. |
Micklos |
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Steve |
Speil |
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Karen Conwell |
Smith |
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Sr. Health Policy Advisor; Senate Budget Comm. |
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Samantha |
Burch |
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Press Secretary and Leg. Asst., Rep. Al Green |
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Alexander R. |
Mullineaux |
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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
Ban on Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Hospitals Provision that will prospectively ban the practice of physicians referring patients to hospitals that are owned by the physician.
Disproportionate Share Payments As a part of the health reform debate there has been discussion of using a cut to Disproportionate Share (DSH) payments to hospitals as a way of paying for coverage expansion.
Value based purchasing Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) initiative to more closely tie payments to providers with the quality of care provided.
Hospital Readmissions Policies A policy concept that would penalize hospitals for preventable readmissions to hospitals through Medicare reimbursement. Intended to save the Medicare system money in order to pay for a coverage expansion.
Medicare Payment Bundling A policy proposal being discussed in Congress that would bundle payments to different health care providers by funneling those payments through a single provider.
In-Patient Prospective Payment System Rulemaking Yearly CMS proposed rulemaking.
Out-Patient Prospective Payment System Rulemaking - Yearly CMS proposed rulemaking.
H.R.2124 - To extend subsections (c) and (d) of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-173) to provide for regulatory stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
Rural Medicare DSH Equity Providing for equity in Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments between rural and urban hospitals.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), 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 |
Jayne |
Chambers |
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Jeff |
Cohen |
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Charles N. |
Kahn |
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Jeffrey G. |
Micklos |
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Steve |
Speil |
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Karen Conwell |
Smith |
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Sr. Health Policy Advisor; Senate Budget Comm. |
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Samantha |
Burch |
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Press Secretary and Leg. Asst., Rep. Al Green |
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Alexander R. |
Mullineaux |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR1023 - To repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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 |
Jayne |
Chambers |
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Jeff |
Cohen |
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Charles N. |
Kahn |
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Jeffrey G. |
Micklos |
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Steve |
Speil |
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Karen Conwell |
Smith |
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Sr. Health Policy Advisor; Senate Budget Comm. |
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Samantha |
Burch |
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Press Secretary and Leg. Asst., Rep. Al Green |
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Alexander R. |
Mullineaux |
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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
TRICARE Outpatient Prospective Payment System - TRICARE is the Department of Defense's health care program for members of the uniformed services, their families and survivors. The Department of Defense is proposing changes to the TRICARE payment system.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, 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 |
Jayne |
Chambers |
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Jeff |
Cohen |
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Charles N. |
Kahn |
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Jeffrey G. |
Micklos |
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Steve |
Speil |
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Karen Conwell |
Smith |
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Sr. Health Policy Advisor; Senate Budget Comm. |
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Samantha |
Burch |
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Press Secretary and Leg. Asst., Rep. Al Green |
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Alexander R. |
Mullineaux |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1409 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
S. 560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during the organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Jayne |
Chambers |
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Jeff |
Cohen |
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Charles N. |
Kahn |
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Steve |
Speil |
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Karen Conwell |
Smith |
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Sr. Health Policy Advisor; Senate Budget Comm. |
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Samantha |
Burch |
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Press Secretary and Leg. Asst., Rep. Al Green |
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Jeffrey G. |
Micklos |
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Alexander R. |
Mullineaux |
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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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