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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 11400 TOMAHAWK CREEK PARKWAY |
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City | LEAWOOD |
State | KS |
Zip Code | 66211 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 1342-12
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6. House ID# 321800000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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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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: Thomas A. Robinett, Jr. General Counsel |
Date | 01/18/2013 |
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
HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013.
S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding.
No Bill Number, Meeting with OMB Public Health Program Examiner, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities.
No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Townhall, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities.
No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013.
No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model.
No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut due to go into effect January 1st, 2013.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Shawn |
Martin |
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Deborah F. |
Weiner |
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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
HR3667, GME Modernization pilot program authorization.
HR5888, Physician Reentry Demonstration Program, Bill to address the shortage of primary care physicians.
HR6400, Restoring the Doctors of our Country through scholarships RDOCS Act, Support medical student debt relief, increase family physician workforce.
HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013.
S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding.
S507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Support for national database and opposition to mandated CME.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), 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 M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Dire |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Shawn |
Martin |
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Deborah F. |
Weiner |
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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
HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013 and medical liability reform.
HR3667, GME Modernization pilot program authorization.
HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform.
HR5707, Repeal Medicare SGR; implement primary care centric payment and care system; offset with Overseas Operations Fund, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective January 1, 2013.
HR5979 Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012, Prevent per capita cap reform of the Medicaid program.
HR6400, Restoring the Doctors of our Country through scholarships RDOCS Act, Support medical student debt relief, increase family physician workforce.
S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding.
No Bill Number, Meeting with OMB Public Health Program Examiner, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities.
No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Townhall, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities.
No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013.
No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model.
No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut due to go into effect January 1st, 2013.
No Bill Number, Briefing on ONDCP/NIDA e-Learning tools on opioid prescribing, monitor federal activities on tools for prescribers, support policies which do not burden family physicians.
No Bill Number, Meeting with ONDCP director to eliminate CME mandates from National Drug Control strategy.
No Bill Number, Meeting with AHRQ director on primary care research HIT promotion and work to support family physicians.
No Bill Number, Promote expanding primary care physician workforce, Increase family physician workforce.
No Bill Number, Adequacy and accuracy of Medicare physician payment, Positive payment differential for primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Health Insurance Exchanges, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
No Bill Number, Essential Health Benefits, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
No Bill Number, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative.
No Bill Number, Medicaid Expansion, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
No Bill Number, Meaningful use meetings, Medical Home and Health Care Reform.
No Bill Number, Electronic Health Records, Meaningful use funds and quality improvement.
No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Primary Care meetings. Medical Home and Health Care Reform.
No Bill Number, Veterans health, Access of veterans to community physicians.
No Bill Number, Health research, Primary care research agenda.
No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment system, Support for transition care provision of the payment schedule.
No Bill Number, Medicaid payment for primary care, Support for Medicaid payment for primary care services.
No Bill Number, Health labels for smokeless tobacco products, Opposition to changes in health safety warning for smokeless tobacco products.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
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 M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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Jerome |
Connolly |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Michelle |
Greenhalgh |
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Shawn |
Martin |
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Deborah |
Weiner |
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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
No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut in effect January 1, 2013.
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 |
Deborah F. |
Weiner |
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill Number, Veterans' Health, Access of veterans to community physicians.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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
HR3667, GME Modernization pilot program authorization.
HR5707, Repeal Medicare SGR; implement primary care centric payment and care system; offset with Overseas Operations Fund, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective January 1, 2013.
HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform, support extension of current payment rate for Medicare.
HR5979 Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012, Prevent per capita cap reform of the Medicaid program.
HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013.
No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013.
No Bill Number, Meaningful use meetings, Medical Home and Health Care Reform.
No Bill Number, Electronic Health Records, Meaningful use funds and quality improvement.
No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Primary Care meetings. Medical Home and Health Care Reform.
No Bill Number, Medicaid payment for primary care, Support for Medicaid payment for primary care services.
No Bill Number, Medicaid Expansion, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model.
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 Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
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 M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and Director |
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Robert |
Bennett |
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Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Jerome |
Connolly |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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Michelle |
Greenhalgh |
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Shawn |
Martin |
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Deborah J. |
Weiner |
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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 PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill Number, Briefing on ONDCP/NIDA e-Learning tools on opioid prescribing, monitor federal activities on tools for prescribers, support policies which do not burden family physicians.
No Bill Number, Meeting with ONDCP director to eliminate CME mandates from National Drug Control strategy.
No Bill Number, Prescription Drug Abuse, Support for national database and opposition to mandated CME.
No Bill, National Drug Control Strategy announcement, New CME for prescribers of opioid analgesics, Support drug control policies which are not burdensome to family physicians.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Food & Drug Administration (FDA), White House Office, Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Teresa M. |
Baker |
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House Legislative Assistant, Analyst, and 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 TOB
16. Specific lobbying issues
No Bill Number, Health labels for smokeless tobacco products, Opposition to changes in health safety warning for smokeless tobacco products.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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
HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform, support extension of current payment rate for Medicare.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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 TOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform.
HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Mark |
Cribben |
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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
HR5888 Physician Re-entry Demonstration Program, Bill attempts to address the shortage of primary care physicians.
No Bill Number, Health research, Primary Care research agenda.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, 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 |
Kevin J. |
Burke |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS |
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Deborah F. |
Weiner |
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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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