id,filing_uuid,filing_type,registrant_name,registrant_id,client_name,filing_year,filing_period,issue_code,specific_issues,government_entities,income_amount,expense_amount,is_no_activity,is_termination,received_date
1329621,e1bb6e4e-81f9-4427-b926-bb81faaf2481,Q4,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY,57258,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Promote enhanced quality, structure and information dissemination concerning medication therapy management services (MTMS) under Medicare Part D.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,61700,0,0,2012-12-18T12:19:09.790000-05:00
1329679,41c0eda0-6b76-45bb-93d0-bf3208f0155a,4T,"THE PETRIZZO GROUP, INC.",305932,MVP SERVICE CORP.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"-Concerns surrounding new taxes which will be implemented by the Affordable Care Act
-Concerns regarding cuts to Medicare Advantage","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,1,2012-12-20T15:41:17.593000-05:00
1330121,09eeac97-c7dc-4c93-870f-78f153b95f3b,Q4,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH -- FORMERLY BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"monitor revisions to 75% Inpatient Rehabilitation Rule 
monitor legislation regarding Hospital in Hospital regulations 
support HR 1159 and HR 1186 ending ban on physician owned hospitals; support legislation reforming ASC reimbursement (HR 1173 and S 2108); monitor legislation affecting hospital not-for-profit status; monitor GME legislation","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",33000,,0,0,2013-01-01T01:04:04.937000-05:00
1330126,c27364f8-761a-4f04-a5fb-6b29f622d636,Q4,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,CARDIOLOGY ADVOCACY ALLIANCE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Support HR 1159 and HR 1186 ending ban on physician owned hospitals;oppose CMS cuts to medical imaging; support appropriateness model for diagnostic imaging;support IPAB repeal,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2013-01-01T01:07:05.840000-05:00
1330147,eb374da7-51ba-479e-b68d-3661f127a194,Q4,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,ST.VINCENT HEALTH,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"monitor medicare reimbursement issues; monitor legislation affecting the status of not-for-profit hospitals
monitor legislation affecting physician owned hospitals
monitor legislation affecting ambulatory surgical centers
monitor legislation affecting inpatient rehabilitation facilities","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",9000,,0,0,2013-01-01T01:24:11.943000-05:00
1330149,a794c34d-5548-4a31-93f7-2f34048ca3ab,Q4,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,ST VINCENTS HEART CENTER OF INDIANA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,support HR1159 and HR 1186 to reverse restrictive language on physician owned hospitals,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",12600,,0,0,2013-01-01T01:27:12.833000-05:00
1330152,065623ff-8d8e-4f4a-8aca-c788bc0e2685,Q4,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"suppport HR 1159 and HR 1186 to reverse restrictions on physician owned hospitals
support legislation on increased reimbursement for ambulatory surgical centers (HR 2108 and S. 1173)
oppose cuts to reimbursement for advanced medical imaging","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",24000,,0,0,2013-01-01T01:30:13.677000-05:00
1330342,4dbff90d-587b-432b-b68d-a7e3852a656c,Q4,"GRQ, LLC",17066,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR & PULMONARY REHABILITATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Passage of S 2057 to permit non physician practitioners to supervise cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-02T12:38:58.517000-05:00
1330344,d4a93a09-6c78-437d-8b0a-92fffe233080,Q4,"GRQ, LLC",17066,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL DIRECTION OF RESPIRATORY CARE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation programs through passage of S 2057 to allow non physician practitioners to supervise programs.,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-02T12:45:00.140000-05:00
1330456,f9da0a4f-1334-49b4-aad9-e2e0c1111647,Q4,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY,1488,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare Part B independent-practice coverage of Marriage and Family Therapists,"Defense, Dept of (DOD),Education, Dept of,Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,Transportation, Dept of (DOT),Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,25000,0,0,2013-01-03T08:16:09.233000-05:00
1330485,de575a57-ee36-4ad6-8e46-35d7bab4ebd4,Q4,UNITED WAY OF AMERICA,39303,UNITED WAY OF AMERICA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicaid,"Administration for Children & Families (ACF),Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Corporation for Natl & Community Service,Education, Dept of,Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),Executive Office of the President (EOP),Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),Job Corps,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives,Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Office of the Vice President of the United States,SENATE,White House Office",,53000,0,0,2013-01-03T11:00:26.793000-05:00
1330516,e828f15a-18c6-40b8-919a-3bf9cc293e23,4T,PALMETTO GROUP,18570,NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Issues concerning Medicare,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",57000,,0,1,2013-01-03T12:01:46.690000-05:00
1330575,3d3aa5db-19c7-4722-bb35-03831b4148b2,Q4,NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM,28184,NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Coverage and reimbursement related to bone marrow and cord blood transplantation and related items and services.,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-03T13:19:09.673000-05:00
1330655,d6079111-07a8-4bce-b969-f456d1a355e4,4A,UNITED WAY OF AMERICA,39303,UNITED WAY OF AMERICA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicaid,"Administration for Children & Families (ACF),Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Corporation for Natl & Community Service,Education, Dept of,Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),Executive Office of the President (EOP),Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),Job Corps,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives,Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Office of the Vice President of the United States,SENATE,White House Office",,53000,0,0,2013-01-03T14:12:33.993000-05:00
1331033,dfa03d7b-c859-4b7a-9f8b-ac7f3ad8e030,4T,"THE MIZEUR GROUP, LLC",400296396,"KINDRED HEALTHCARE, INC.",2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process. Analysis of MPPR payment proposal for physical therapy. Ongoing work related to reimbursement policies for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,1,2013-01-06T21:11:02-05:00
1331036,012650a8-5ed1-409a-9d36-47c39f03d7fb,Q4,"THE MIZEUR GROUP, LLC",400296396,ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY NURSING HOME CARE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2013-01-06T21:21:38.537000-05:00
1331037,db2aae5f-aa29-44f0-b0df-730d5640c9a3,Q4,"THE MIZEUR GROUP, LLC",400296396,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Protecting health center payment provisions under any proposals to restructure Medicaid; improving Medicare payment policies for health center patients,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2013-01-06T21:26:39.673000-05:00
1331039,e12ac1eb-5569-4de7-8582-f116af8e3e21,Q4,"THE MIZEUR GROUP, LLC",400296396,VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATIONS OF AMERICA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Monitor Medicare home health and hospice payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector for Medicaid.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",36000,,0,0,2013-01-06T21:30:40.767000-05:00
1331040,4e05235a-27ae-41c4-ab10-2186a6135762,4T,"THE MIZEUR GROUP, LLC",400296396,ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare payment policy, with a specific focus on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) funding and initiatives to revise the GME ""cap;monitoring policies that impact funding for academic medicine; other Medicaid and regulatory issues impacting academic medical institutions.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,1,2013-01-06T21:36:41.887000-05:00
1331042,ecbd7443-7b49-4371-8cbd-61d9a2efdf97,4T,"THE MIZEUR GROUP, LLC",400296396,NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Reauthorization of NQF funding in MIPPA,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,1,2013-01-06T21:40:43.263000-05:00
1331090,d3288b05-e711-4dc0-a520-6b35f98e3f24,Q4,UNIVERSITY OF IOWA,49191,UNIVERSITY OF IOWA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare reimbursement Iowa hospitals; CMS interagency transfers; IME issues; Medicaid reimbursement issues; DHS; GME (dental and others); Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues as related to academic teaching hospitals; CMS rules as they relate to physician and hospital payments, 340 B Drug Pricing Program
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages","Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Defense, Dept of (DOD),Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),SENATE,State, Dept of (DOS),Transportation, Dept of (DOT)",,28999,0,0,2013-01-07T09:54:07.577000-05:00
1331126,92898549-2081-4a72-9b5e-937902f13d22,Q4,"PARKER, POE, ADAMS & BERNSTEIN LLP",288098,NATIVE ANGELS HOME CARE AGENCY INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Represent client on issues regarding Medicaid/Medicare cap on home care and hospice,"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)",,,0,0,2013-01-07T10:36:21.700000-05:00
1331243,043a3c0d-2682-40a8-a409-e94311044dcf,Q4,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY,1945,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare Physician Payment; Sustainable Growth Rate; Clincial Data Registries; Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education; Sequestration; Health Care Quality; Medical Imaging as it relates to prior authorization, payment cuts or reduction in access to imaging services; Physician Self Referral; Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction.","Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC),SENATE",,380000,0,0,2013-01-07T15:07:35.237000-05:00
1331250,b4bdf72e-d617-428b-91c2-e11360438610,Q4,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,COMMUNITY CATALYST,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Working with the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to promote ACO and ACO-like programs for lower income communities through more effective and efficient use of the Medicare Programs.

Delivery System Reform as related to Medicare, Medicaid and the private health care market. Analysis and development related to the Dual Eligibles Demonstration Projects

H.R. 8 - American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Focused on potential offsets for the Medicare Sustained Growth Rate delay specifically related to Medicaid and future subsidies for lower income individuals in upcoming Exchanges.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-07T15:13:38.687000-05:00
1331269,32256f8e-7a2f-465c-b212-d133bedf2161,Q4,AVANCER HEALTH POLICY,293610,THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH NETWORK,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Impact of changes in Medicare and Medicaid policy on UAHN within the context of deficit reduction;  Opportunities for improved care coordination with dual eligibiles;  Graduate Medical Education; Drug shortages,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-07T15:44:54.143000-05:00
1331274,f802fba3-29a9-4aa7-b2de-d8ae4f5ddcd0,Q4,AVANCER HEALTH POLICY,293610,MARYLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Monitoring impact of federal budget proposals on Medicare and Medicaid payments to Federally qualified health centers,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-07T15:50:59.563000-05:00
1331278,a1c7910b-46e9-4ceb-a2a9-a2ac3d61edac,Q4,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,DAVITA INC.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Working in support of a partnership with the Administration (specifically the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation - CMMI)  on a Coordinated Kidney Care pilot program that would integrate care for Medicare beneficiaries living with End Stage Renal Disease.
Public Law - 112-25 - Promoting policies to amend the health reform law to apply MSP to the Exchange for ESRD patients. Education for Members of Congress and the Administration regarding the disproportionate impact that additional cuts to Medicare that impact the dialysis community would have as they turn their attention to the end of the year wrap up package and the nuances of the new bundled payment system.

H.R. 8 - American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.  Focus on offsets for the Sustained Growth Rate provision in the bill (now law) focused on the ESRD bundled payment system.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-07T15:52:01.407000-05:00
1331280,f28d9e98-d616-42be-9526-9f27bee97dcb,Q4,AVANCER HEALTH POLICY,293610,LOCAL HEALTH PLANS OF CALIFORNIA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Impact on plan Medicaid payment rates under state budget cuts; Implications of deficit reduction on health plans and health care entitlements; Dual Eligibles Expansion under State Medicaid Plan Amendment; Implications of Medicaid reform proposals, including per capita caps","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-07T15:53:02.453000-05:00
1331290,69f3ff7e-b070-41fc-814d-f7d115ca317e,Q4,MJWT CONSULTING,69696,WELLMED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare, Medicare Advantage issues","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2013-01-07T16:07:07.587000-05:00
1331309,05982fb1-0fa6-4493-973a-111fc0c79266,Q4,MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,24794,MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Issues relating to reimbursement of medical devices,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Patent & Trademark Office (PTO),SENATE",,90000,0,0,2013-01-07T16:51:22.167000-05:00
1331363,ba915c89-4bd3-4baa-adaa-d146d53adb34,Q4,LAW OFFICES OF MARK S. JOFFE,48315,MEDICARE COST CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Preservation of Medicare Cost Contractors Program.
H.R. 2770 and S.1497, the Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act of 2011.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2013-01-08T10:26:54.467000-05:00
1331557,06efadfb-73e2-4ca3-8d22-4f289f8864cc,Q4,"DUTKO WORLDWIDE, LLC",12868,GREATER NY HOSPITAL ASSN,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Monitor and advocate for health care funding and graduate medical education funding, and monitor health care policy and the work of the Deficit Reduction Committee.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",50000,,0,0,2013-01-08T14:55:45.220000-05:00
1331644,9b25d130-b731-49b5-b652-fe6d30fc8315,Q4,MR. MICHAEL ROMANSKY,400418985,"OUTPATIENT OPHTHALMIC SURGERY SOCIETY, INC",2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Lobbied on Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment and certification issues, including for passage of HR 2108 and S 1173.","Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC),SENATE",45000,,0,0,2013-01-08T16:11:40.240000-05:00
1331675,7c4a6a8d-bc5d-4e75-832d-935a5b9e985d,Q4,VALENTE & ASSOCIATES,45983,HOLLISTER INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare/Medicaid,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of",50000,,0,0,2013-01-08T16:56:00.500000-05:00
1331681,91c807ab-002d-4ba7-b977-0a3b3cb09c06,Q4,VALENTE & ASSOCIATES,45983,AMERICAN-SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare; Medicaid,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Education, Dept of,HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Office of Personnel Management (OPM),SENATE",30000,,0,0,2013-01-08T17:07:03.153000-05:00
1331838,4efb8b1b-6796-4f35-bfeb-30a7be1eedbd,Q4,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,FLORIDA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Implementation of HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009.   Communicating with Florida House and Senate Delegation and CMS re: Medicaid waiver extension and statewide Medicaid managed care proposals. Advocacy re: deficit reduction negotiations/Medicaid& Medicare cuts and potential impact on Florida providers.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",80000,,0,0,2013-01-09T12:47:42.367000-05:00
1331876,1149145c-edb4-417d-abad-d8119cca67f3,4A,"R.G. FLIPPO AND ASSOCIATES, INC",14861,ALABAMA NURSING HOME ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"HR 8 (signed by President 1/2/13) American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, Title VI Medicare and Other Health Extensions, all sections","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",18000,,0,0,2013-01-09T13:12:00.167000-05:00
1331897,5882f3af-f44e-419c-9cef-e8ce610ce21c,Q4,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,CITY OF PHOENIX AZ,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicaid regulation,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,White House Office",60000,,0,0,2013-01-09T13:25:09.803000-05:00
1331940,14724f0b-8c79-4b31-8bf3-f4563ef3cd77,Q4,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES,26615,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Authorize Medicare Reimbursement to DoD and DVA; stabilize Medicare without increasing costs prohibitively; protect Medicare by ensuring that any major change would grandfather retirees and those near retirement; ensuring that legislation is enacted to ensure Medicare reimbursement payments to physicians are not cut in order that those same physicians remain in the TRICARE and TRICARE for Life medical systems for active duty and retired military members and their families.,"Defense, Dept of (DOD),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA),White House Office",,24493,0,0,2013-01-09T14:13:24.907000-05:00
1332041,326dd6c5-dd95-48a8-9cd8-8209713d13a1,Q4,"PARRY, ROMANI, DECONCINI & SYMMS",30792,AMERICAN HOSPICE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Issues dealing with Medicare reimbursement; no specific bills pending.,HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,60000,,0,0,2013-01-09T16:26:08.247000-05:00
1332073,b7909d19-4098-49b0-a75b-7abb8cd1cc65,Q4,BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ,5153,DEAN'S NURSING POLICY COALITION (INFORMAL COALITION),2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Nursing education; workforce,"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-09T17:30:24.593000-05:00
1332079,785247d8-6fff-4922-94ed-d1cd6be58f69,Q4,BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ,5153,HARTFORD HEALTHCARE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Implementation of health care reform; hospital payments,"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-09T17:46:28.477000-05:00
1332081,bf422ada-4de3-42dd-b578-a828a9e6fd62,Q4,DAVID FUNDERBURK,43491,TREA SENIORCITIZENS LEAGUE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"General Medicare Protection, Prescription Drug Reimportation: H.R. 147 and S. 319; Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement: H.R. 3613; Waste and Fraud in Medicare: H.R. 3735, and H.Res. 666; Repeal of Sustainable Growth Rate: H.R. 5707.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,0,2013-01-09T17:47:29.337000-05:00
1332160,4d17a209-b24a-4ba0-9d4e-8567472f7a6d,Q4,THE COOK GROUP INC.,87654,THE COOK GROUP INC.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,AAA Screening,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),SENATE",,260000,0,0,2013-01-10T10:25:06.677000-05:00
1332186,48b7de5f-0e73-4176-900b-549f37592996,Q4,AMERICAN CAPITOL GROUP,305852,SANOFI US SERVICES INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare Part D issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,0,2013-01-10T10:56:49.587000-05:00
1332246,449f7e76-bd14-49d1-884c-10a0e41c8642,Q4,"VIZIENT, INC.",40021,VIZIENT INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"H.R. 8 - Fiscal Cliff Legislation - Opposed additional cuts to hospital payments in negotiations to address the fiscal cliff. Supported delay or repeal of automatic Medicare cuts as a result of the Budget Control Act of 2011. 
Medicare Physician Reimbursement - Opposed inclusion of cuts to hospital reimbursement in negotiations to prevent Medicare cuts to physician reimbursement as a result of the statutory reductions from the Sustainable Growth Rate formula.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),SENATE",,30000,0,0,2013-01-10T12:35:40.507000-05:00
1332253,d5939d60-497c-4ecb-a3ec-d02e52402df2,Q4,METROPOLITAN CHICAGO HEALTHCARE COUNCIL,25011,METROPOLITAN CHICAGO HEALTHCARE COUNCIL,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 6575),"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,12500,0,0,2013-01-10T12:48:43.887000-05:00
1332268,23d75bba-82a6-416d-9700-729ae026daad,Q4,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,GE HEALTHCARE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"S. 1096- The Preservation of Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act and related Medicare issues

H.R. 8- American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - focused on provisions related to imaging and devices. PL 112-25- Budget Control Act of 2011. Monitoring Medicare proposals impacting imaging, screening, and health information technology.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",50000,,0,0,2013-01-10T13:31:51.777000-05:00
1332300,b0b60763-f6da-42f3-a1f6-2f68c819314e,Q4,"AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.",293552,"AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.",2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"HR 1063/S 1718 - The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act of 2011; Issue:  Need to streamline and improve the existing Medicare Secondary Payer program, in order to benefit Medicare beneficiaries, the Medicare Trust Fund, and primary payers.  We strongly support these bills.
HR 1845 Medicare IVIG Access Act - support inclusion of HR 1063, the SMART Act, into this bill.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),SENATE",,20000,0,0,2013-01-10T13:57:04.313000-05:00
1332363,414bafe0-7594-4e5d-94ee-08ad86e11d00,Q4,LOWE'S COMPANIES INC.,312678,LOWE'S COMPANIES INC.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"relating to HR 1063 SMART Act re Medicare secondary payer reforms to speed reimbursement and settlement process relating to claims, reimbursement of Medicare trust fun, collection of social security numbers as identifiers, etc.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,297500,0,0,2013-01-10T14:41:36.387000-05:00
1332395,672108ca-e43e-46c3-b742-7945c9334548,Q4,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Monitoring ongoing Medicare and Medicaid regulations and guidance related to prescription medications, PBMs and related entities.
Monitoring potential health-related offsets being considered as part of the end of the year wrap package related to Medicare Part D and Medicaid pharmacy benefits.
Issues related regulations that have the potential to the survey of mail order and specialty pharmacies for Medicaid purposes. H.R. 8 - American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Issues related to Pharmacy Benefit Managers that may have been included in the Sustained Growth Rate title of the legislation.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Executive Office of the President (EOP),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-10T15:02:51.520000-05:00
1332407,bd4a05a1-dae1-471b-b58c-8b7c9378c140,Q4,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A NAT'L ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Implementation of the Health Reform Law and related provisions before CMS, specifically, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, regarding health homes for children.

Working with the Obama Administration to secure additional funding for pediatric providers serving children on Medicaid Working with the Administration and Congress on Medicaid issues as they relate to children and pediatric hospitals and providers.

H.R. 8 - American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Focused on potential provisions that could impact the Medicaid program","Executive Office of the President (EOP),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-10T15:13:57.610000-05:00
1332412,48b24625-1cad-40c0-a01b-51ae7d380f56,Q4,NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL,46723,NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Budget Negotiations FY2013: - Continuing Resolution
Graduate Medical Education 
Sequestration: GME, Medicaid Provider Tax: Bad Debt
Medicare reform proposals Medicaid 340(b) Program
Medicaid Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding
Medicare Recovery Audit Committee
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Accountable Care Organizations)
(Transitions in Care Funding)
SGR-Outpatient HOPD spending cuts","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,25000,0,0,2013-01-10T15:18:59.297000-05:00
1332425,ad0a81c7-5197-48e9-879c-82002f23ea8b,Q4,AMC AGENCY,400679027,"FEDERATION OF RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, INC.",2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Social Security, MediCare Reform","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-10T15:24:03.137000-05:00
1332428,92d94d6a-d470-4bff-b649-8810d771cbd1,Q4,WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES,6781,WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Budget Negotiations FY2013: Sequestration-GME and Medicaid provider tax program
GME:Medicaid Provider Tax; Bad Debt
SGR-Outpatient HOPD spending cuts
Medicare reform proposals Federally Qualified Health Care Centers
Medicare Physician Payments
-Pay-for-Performance/Quality and Value Initiatives
Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act
MedPAC recommendations re: GME funding
PPACA-Center for Medicare Innovations
(Transitions in Care Funding)
(Accountable Care Organizations)","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,145000,0,0,2013-01-10T15:26:03.993000-05:00
1332437,15c88195-3c9e-49b3-8cae-f359eb104c35,Q4,AMC AGENCY,400679027,CIVIC COUNCIL,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"COLA, MediCare, Social Security","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",6000,,0,0,2013-01-10T15:35:09.443000-05:00
1332456,7b73bf6b-0b02-43c5-aff8-6630d9ab8642,Q4,"VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC",321874,GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Long term health care, tax reform, mortgage insurance, housing and extension of mortgage insureance deductibility. Implementation of Dodd-Frank as it pertains to mortgage service providers. Implementation of the Budget Control Act. H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. H.R. 4264, The FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012, S. 3085 Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-10T15:38:15.037000-05:00
1332536,640e9baf-6bcf-421f-965c-3ff30d0d8962,Q4,"ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL NURSES",43536,ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL NURSES,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,maternal and child health,"Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-10T17:04:56.890000-05:00
1332661,7d334df5-68da-46ba-812f-810b3f060568,Q4,GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,16830,GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"House Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res. 112), provisions related to Medicaid and Medicare; President Obama's FY 2013 Budget, provisions related to Medicaid provider taxes, DSH, Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, graduate medical education, bad debt; Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-52), provisions affecting hospital reimbursement; Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals Act (H.R. 2224); H.R. 5, the Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, provisions relating to Medicare and medical malpractice; The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011 (S.1627); The Budget Control Act of 2011 (S.365, P.L. 112-25); Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 (H.R.3630), provisions relating to Medicare hospital reimbursement; Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 (H.R. 3765); H.R. 3519, a bill to exempt the Medicare program from fallback sequestration; President Obama's deficit reduction recommendations to the Supercommittee; conference agreement to H.R. 3630, provisions relating to Medicare hospital reimbursement and Medicaid payments to states; Highway and Student Loan converence agreement (H.R.4348), provisions relating to Medicaid provider taxes and pension rules; Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 (H.R.5652, provisions relating to Medicare hospital reimbursement and Medicaid payments to states; Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 (S.3201); Federal Medicaid 1115 Waiver issues; Medicare payments for hospital observation stays; CMS-1588-P Medicare Program proposed rule, Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates, including Medicare coding offset proposed cut; The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2012 (H.R. 6562); Medicare outpatient hospital payments; Congressional activities related to the IOM Committee on Governance and Financing of GME; the American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 8), provisions related to Medicare hospital reimbursement, Medicaid, and charitable contributions; The Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 6575).","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,White House Office",,220000,0,0,2013-01-11T09:04:08.330000-05:00
1332794,e8c03456-63ac-4dfd-b3c8-f38070cf8394,Q4,AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY,3402,AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,medicare reimbursement issues; practice expense; ambulatory surgery center; opthlalmic legislation; FDA-related issues; quality issues; health information technology; healthcare reform.,"Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,156000,0,0,2013-01-11T11:34:06.143000-05:00
1332797,4a2d9204-0621-461f-b204-c47da7dff798,Q4,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (PCMA),2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"P.L. 112-25 - The Budget Control Act. Focused on pharmacy benefit provisions that could be included in both the Medicare and Medicaid arenas as they related to the work of Congress as it relates to the law. cont.

Part D and PBM- related policies.

Issues related to the practice of providing coupons for prescription medications to Medicare beneficiaries.

Specific issues regarding Medicaid surveys for pharmacies, including specialty and mail order.

H.R. 8- American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Issues related to PMBs in the context of Medicare and Medicaid","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-11T11:35:07.770000-05:00
1332914,9189d0e4-f667-48c0-aab3-c8be1a2b649b,Q4,"VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC",321874,ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare advantage, quality measurements, health information technology, and health plan policy issues as part of the Affordable Care Act; H.R.8, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,0,2013-01-11T13:27:05.737000-05:00
1332944,fadb8fe5-d70d-4b22-a7a0-7fc0555331ee,Q4,"VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC",321874,CVS HEALTH (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CVS CAREMARK),2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Issues related to plan design, reimbursement and cost savings proposals. H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-11T13:45:21.560000-05:00
1333014,f6163817-574c-4f80-bb11-866dc3702b48,Q4,PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA,30724,PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"H.R. 1958, the ""Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2011""
The ""Community Choice Act""
The ""Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act""
Medicaid Block Grants Proposed Reductions in Medicaid Spending","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),SENATE,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,39694,0,0,2013-01-11T14:24:51.557000-05:00
1333031,029ad4a8-6527-4f9c-8a12-7abc76fa4ac9,Q4,"PARRY, ROMANI, DECONCINI & SYMMS",30792,AMGEN USA INC.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare Part D reimbursement issues dealing with patient payments in the ""doughnut hole.""  No legislation introduced.

Monitor PDUFA (Prescription Drug User Fee Act) reauthorization under S. 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.",SENATE,45000,,0,0,2013-01-11T14:32:56.727000-05:00
1333093,aa5f0569-5a0f-46d2-bb31-1e7cef95125e,Q4,"VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC",321874,DAVITA,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Provisions pertaining to kidney care, dialysis, Medicare, Medicaid, CMS reimbursement issues, and health insurance.  Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Implementation of the Budget Control Act.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2013-01-11T15:33:27.127000-05:00
1333108,069063f7-f92a-4455-bd63-8c2523991253,Q4,"VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC",321874,UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare hospital payments rates, including comprehensive cancer center services.  H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-11T15:42:31.900000-05:00
1333232,1f7b1145-e7c2-4ef8-b485-18a0751a0858,Q4,"POWERS PYLES SUTTER & VERVILLE, P.C.",32008,MEDICAL GROUP MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Stark Law
Medicare Reform","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",25554,,0,0,2013-01-11T17:36:23.150000-05:00
1333257,97fdbf49-afa1-4729-be94-c44c3f552ea2,Q4,"VERITAS ADVISORS, LLP",283878,SAINT LUKES HEALTH SYSTEM (FKA ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LTD),2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"HConRes 34 (Health Related Issues Only); Debt Ceiling Debate (Medicare/Medicaid proposed changes and cuts); S365; HR2674 the 340B Improvement Act of 2011; HR3630 extenders legislation; HConRes 112 (Health Related Issues Only); HR 2500; HR452 the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; H.R.8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2013-01-11T18:25:34.707000-05:00
1333290,39984e81-b9cc-4471-865d-7cf3bde6038c,Q4,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,JOHN E. FOGARTY CENTER,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Appropriation & Development Disabled Issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-11T19:08:47.177000-05:00
1333299,4a22262f-ddb9-4645-8ffe-22abef1e0240,Q4,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,THE GRODEN NETWORK,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Developmental Disabled and Education,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2013-01-11T19:16:50.983000-05:00
1333301,b04792e7-ae7f-466c-ade4-a1896b531b13,Q4,"THE CJR GROUP, INC.",288293,BELLEFAIRE JCB,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Autism related programs,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2013-01-11T19:22:52.557000-05:00
1333303,5621aaa2-e7ad-4c15-a9aa-3353e1c54e4d,Q4,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,PACE - RHODE ISLAND,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare & Medicaid Issues in regards to Long Term Care,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-11T19:26:53.417000-05:00
1333305,cf1b7a6e-ea03-4f81-8624-162420c01854,Q4,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE AGING,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Long Term Care Issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2013-01-11T19:33:54.727000-05:00
1333337,808ac2f0-d1d7-4c86-bd94-042c34581cd3,4A,"THE CJR GROUP, INC.",288293,BELLEFAIRE JCB,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Autism related programs,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2013-01-11T19:55:07.763000-05:00
1333367,f49237ba-b261-4169-904f-31ca30a11f4e,Q4,SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS,30906,MARC COALITION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Medicare Secondary Payer issues, H.R. 1063, S.1718, and H.R. 1845.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",90000,,0,0,2013-01-12T05:57:29.193000-05:00
1333379,69868989-317f-4ae1-b39b-eb4877244468,Q4,SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS,30906,PHOTOCURE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Advocacy related to coverage and reimbursement of Cysview.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-12T06:08:37.520000-05:00
1333416,b168f0bb-7e03-462a-bb3e-fde2648071e3,Q4,"HEARTLAND SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.",312133,ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"(1) H.R. 2925, ""Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011"" (all sections)
(2) S.1551, ""Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011"" (all sections)
(3) H.R. 1509, ""Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2012"" (Section 3)","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",41250,,0,0,2013-01-12T15:38:55.910000-05:00
1333464,a877a40c-700c-4d64-8ae1-2e35e7764a05,Q4,BEN BARNES GROUP LP,5415,FAIR LABORATORY PRACTICES ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Bring attention to prevention of unfair billing practices by laboratories for Medicare services,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-13T13:19:22.790000-05:00
1333494,75c0f4e2-867d-4984-9fec-ee9dd2728b00,Q4,BEN BARNES GROUP LP,5415,ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Healthcare and physician-owned hospitals,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",12500,,0,0,2013-01-13T15:06:44.153000-05:00
1333692,6f0d4699-2a08-46a1-a473-0e0af8f2ad55,Q4,NATL ASSN FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE,27046,NATIONAL ASSN FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicaid IMD Exclusion; Mental Health Parity Regulations; Information Technology Legislation; Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric PPS Regulations; Medicare 190-day Lifetime Limit; Special Education Issues/IDEA; Medicare Partial Hospitalization Outpatient PPS; State Children's Health Insurance Program; Residential Treatment; Healthcare Reform.,"Education, Dept of,Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),SENATE",,50000,0,0,2013-01-14T10:30:40.587000-05:00
1333714,c62748c5-fe3f-460c-b763-e17346446a88,Q4,HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL,17933,HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,H.R. 5979 Medicaid Accountability & Care Act,"Executive Office of the President (EOP),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,120000,0,0,2013-01-14T11:10:54.523000-05:00
1333825,502b08bb-1c27-4840-9772-8ba7c5232dbb,Q4,MCGUIREWOODS CONSULTING (A SUBSIDIARY OF MCGUIREWOODS LLP),24486,THE COOK GROUP INC.,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medical Device Tax Repeal,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",120000,,0,0,2013-01-14T12:10:49.207000-05:00
1333837,9e3b2784-5722-4f6e-b644-41b6bea7e48a,Q4,"PACIFIC CONSULTING ASSOCIATES, INC.",51398,ALLERGAN INC,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,FDA Issues,,,,0,0,2013-01-14T12:13:53.773000-05:00
1333848,2155654f-a945-4d58-aedd-afa77aea8685,Q4,SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE,35970,SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF FAMILY MEDICINE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"See addendum Graduate Medical Education
Affordable Care Act
Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Pilot Program - H.R. 3667
Teaching Health Centers
Primary Care Exception under Teaching Physician Regulation
Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC),President of the U.S.,SENATE",,46098,0,0,2013-01-14T12:16:58.957000-05:00
1333852,bd33dbc9-e11c-4353-81ba-f6f0f27acfd7,Q4,LOPER CONSULTING LLC,400545627,AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Sustainable Growth Rate -- H.R. 8 -- American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",31500,,0,0,2013-01-14T12:18:26.350000-05:00
1333905,d0b18448-b7d0-4d7c-9117-a004795641d2,Q4,AANEM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE,401008847,AANEM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROMUSCULAR AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,AANEM was lobbying to have changed the reimbursment values published in the federal register for nerve conduction and needle electromyography codes.  We met with CMS on this issue.  We also worked on the creation of a coalition letter to send to the House of Representatives members.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES",,20000,0,0,2013-01-14T12:37:31.567000-05:00
1334006,a0e8c105-7eb5-41e1-b9ec-3d4be6cf4e46,Q4,TUFTS HEALTH PLAN,400273262,TUFTS HEALTH PLAN,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"""Implementation of PL 111-148 (PPACA)""","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,119074,0,0,2013-01-14T13:22:22.050000-05:00
1334015,e8f24103-3b6c-4488-a729-e67d74bf0473,Q4,CROWELL & MORING LLP,11377,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NUCLEAR PHARMACIES,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare reimbursement.,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-14T13:25:27.270000-05:00
1334051,68ce834c-3c89-443c-9529-900e84009201,Q4,"PARRY, ROMANI, DECONCINI & SYMMS",30792,SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC (FORMERLY SEPRACOR INC ),2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Support amendments to repeal or amend the Independent Payment Advisory Board.  Insure that the Independent payment Advisory Board has mandated procedures it must follow and provide judicial review for its recommendations.

Support efforts to insure that essential health benefit regulations continues access by patients to necessary therapies.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",45000,,0,0,2013-01-14T13:48:48.890000-05:00
1334175,e9218140-d979-40a5-a1a7-05241cfd3ec6,Q4,INVACARE CORPORATION,91433,INVACARE CORPORATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"HR 1040, Fairness in Medicare Bidding Act of 2011(FIMBA); HR 4378, Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012 and HR 6490, Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),SENATE",,220000,0,0,2013-01-14T14:52:37.330000-05:00
1334182,0136774d-7bd5-4490-a401-59aaf6834674,Q4,DIALYSIS PATIENT CITIZENS,400460287,DIALYSIS PATIENT CITIZENS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"S. 1454 / H.R. 2969 - Extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive medications for kidney transplant patients
S. 3271 - Extend guaranteed issue of Medigap policies for kidney disease patients
Potential incentives for innovation in ESRD bundled payment system
Transition of oral-only medications into ESRD bundle","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of,White House Office",,10000,0,0,2013-01-14T15:01:40.157000-05:00
1334255,bb71f8a6-da2e-42f4-8c3c-183a69367391,Q4,THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES,4174,ARC OF THE UNITED STATES,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Implementation of the Community First Choice Option for Medicaid.   Medicaid Managed Care.
Allignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible recipients.
Preservation of Medicaid as an entitlement program.
Preservation of Medicare. Medicaid eligibility changes in the Affordable Care Act.

Implementation of the Olmstead decision regarding community integration.

Achieving a Better Life Experience Act legislation, H.R. 3423, S. 1872 

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148 and P.L. 111-192, including Medicaid Health and Long Term Services and Supports provisions.

Implementation of the Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25).

Quality measures for long term services and supports in Medicaid Managed Care.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Education, Dept of,Government Accountability Office (GAO),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),Justice, Dept of (DOJ),Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Economic Council (NEC),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),SENATE,Social Security Administration (SSA),White House Office",,40000,0,0,2013-01-14T15:50:18.580000-05:00
1334273,447b6793-f653-4571-9079-608428ca0a25,Q4,ASSOCIATION FOR DIAGNOSTICS & LABORATORY MEDICINE (FORMERLY AACC),1466,ASSOCIATION FOR DIAGNOSTICS & LABORATORY MEDICINE (FORMERLY AACC),2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,AACC joined the Clinical Laboratory Coalition in writing to Members of Congress in opposition to additional Medicare cuts in laboratory reimbursement,"Food & Drug Administration (FDA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2013-01-14T15:57:25.517000-05:00
1334353,4f791a24-5135-4c4b-aafe-8d2292345828,Q4,"ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.",1171,ACADEMY ADVISORS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicaid and Medicare payments to hospitals,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2013-01-14T16:39:01.733000-05:00
1334380,52e8a440-06e7-42f5-af01-98638dc4cbda,Q4,"ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.",1171,ZIMMER,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Proposals to promote physician/hospital alignment,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2013-01-14T16:47:15.500000-05:00
1334386,6de881eb-1280-49c8-8984-121200fd1074,Q4,"ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.",1171,AMGEN,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Sustainable growth rate and medicare extenders,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",50000,,0,0,2013-01-14T16:49:18.670000-05:00
1334391,337124d7-227b-40ef-ad45-586131e06d4c,Q4,"ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.",1171,"HEALTH NET, INC.",2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Implementation of health care reform legislation,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",50000,,0,0,2013-01-14T16:51:22.017000-05:00
1334458,54cfad44-a518-4006-a6f9-2ba5a60e9ffe,Q4,"ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.",1171,COUNCIL ON RADIONUCLIDES AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,Medicare reimbursement for of radiopharmaceuticals,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",70000,,0,0,2013-01-14T17:05:53.387000-05:00
1334507,595113de-5c13-486b-9884-ab4d638faa8c,Q4,AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION,56018,AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION,2012,fourth_quarter,MMM,"Lobbied for the extension of Medicare ambulance relief and more long-term Medicare ambulance relief and to improve Medicare reimbursement and coverage policies of ambulance services.  Lobbied on legislation as follows: 1) Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act (S. 424, H.R. 1005) and the 2) American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8).","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Government Accountability Office (GAO),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC),SENATE,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,260000,0,0,2013-01-14T17:26:16.857000-05:00