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
1294138,24c329ad-00da-43d9-8eb4-c8b9777c97d6,3T,AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS,308536,AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Issues relating to Medicare Part D rebates,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,170000,0,1,2012-09-19T14:47:16.540000-04:00
1294581,ed72b0d7-f03e-4b8b-8eaf-c4a3fae7d0af,Q3,MR. DEAN MARTILLI,77550,"LEXINGTON HEALTHCARE, LLC",2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare / Medicaid issues,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",21000,,0,0,2012-09-28T12:10:56.647000-04:00
1294615,3213ae8e-3682-46e6-8372-0c3f4f4dc992,Q3,MJWT CONSULTING,69696,WELLMED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare/Medicare Advantage issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-09-28T15:50:21.670000-04:00
1294707,1efcf4fd-289b-4543-b255-9ed3f41b9743,Q3,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH -- FORMERLY BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,2012,third_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,,0,0,2012-10-01T10:45:21.060000-04:00
1294713,ce4238df-ee7c-4ca5-86c4-20bb5510d980,Q3,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,CARDIOLOGY ADVOCACY ALLIANCE,2012,third_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,,0,0,2012-10-01T10:55:25.487000-04:00
1294740,ea9e61c9-3fc8-4270-8d58-b041632e39f7,Q3,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,ST.VINCENT HEALTH,2012,third_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,,0,0,2012-10-01T11:21:35.393000-04:00
1294742,2f878ab4-a005-46c1-99b3-da18d40a7cbc,Q3,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,ST VINCENTS HEART CENTER OF INDIANA,2012,third_quarter,MMM,support HR1159 and HR 1186 to reverse restrictive language on physician owned hospitals,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",12600,,0,0,2012-10-01T11:25:36.260000-04:00
1294744,06c5ba51-1bbf-41fe-a340-5c104594c18a,Q3,MARSHALL BRACHMAN,6848,UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC,2012,third_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,,0,0,2012-10-01T11:29:37.087000-04:00
1294899,f1d3bdb3-1688-49a6-8a37-f2a180e647d8,Q3,PALMETTO GROUP,18570,NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Issues concerning Medicare,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",57000,,0,0,2012-10-02T10:40:22.367000-04:00
1295149,8ee1d045-b7b2-479a-a8a7-ec8038ded7c7,Q3,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY,57258,AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY,2012,third_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",,61700,0,0,2012-10-03T11:38:48.013000-04:00
1295256,51c2ee83-c232-484f-a69f-c001f7a665ff,Q3,THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY,27913,NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare/Medicaid Reform
Medicare Part D
Affordable Care Act","Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ),Education, Dept of,Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Federal Communications Commission (FCC),Federal Trade Commission (FTC),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA),Postal Regulatory Commission,SENATE,Transportation, Dept of (DOT),U.S. Postal Service (USPS)",10000,,0,0,2012-10-03T16:27:46.807000-04:00
1295387,0ccfe849-a195-4e48-b731-78a120767ffd,Q3,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY,59251,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"1. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - AAGP urges Congress to replace the current Medicare reimbursement formula with one that more accurately reflects the volume and intensity of services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries and to take action to avert future cuts in Medicare payments to physicians and other health care providers.  AAGP also urges Congress to take action to avert all proposed reductions in Medicare physician reimbursements scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2013.

2.  Support S. 374 and  H.R. 2783, the ""Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act,"" to amend Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services.

3.  Oppose proposals to shift Medicaid costs to states and families via block grants or overall caps on spending.

4.  Oppose any Federal budget or funding agreement that would significantly cut, block grant, or impose harmful spending caps on the Medicaid program with special concern for persons with mental disorders, including senior citizens, who rely on Medicaid as a lifeline.

5. Oppose any cuts in Medicare or Medicaid programs that would adversely impact children and adults with behaviroral health disorders.

6. Support all efforts to ensure that any CMS demonstration programs for beneficiaries that are concurrently eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (""dual eligibles"""") provide protections for all dual eligibles with mental disorders, including access to existing provider networks, passive enrollment processes, retention of current Medicare protections and relevant quality measures.

7. Urge strong Congressional oversight of the implementation of demonstration programs under Section 2602 of the ""Affordable Care Act"" to ensure that these proposals contain critical protections for dually eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) individuals with mental illness.

8. Oppose the sections on review and reporting of antipsychotics, informed consent, and an IOM study and report (sections 4, 5, and 7) of S.3604, the ""Improving  Dementia Care Treatment for Older Adults Act of 2012"".

9. Support a GAO study on the use of antipsychotic medications by nursing homes.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,20000,0,0,2012-10-04T14:01:11.383000-04:00
1295389,a67913ed-5ef6-456e-819d-2467c0d5d390,Q3,GRIZZLE COMPANY,16987,KENTUCKYONE HEALTH (FORMERLY JEWISH HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES),2012,third_quarter,MMM,Against reductions in Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement rates.,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-04T14:04:12.270000-04:00
1295657,93fc65cc-c81a-44f3-b39e-e623a5bc7a62,Q3,AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION,56018,AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION,2012,third_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).","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)",,295000,0,0,2012-10-06T19:56:19.673000-04:00
1295665,130c71ab-9dfc-4b4a-bee1-b923a0932f23,Q3,TURNER & GOSS LLP,316310,NATIONAL COALITION FOR CANCER SURVIVORSHIP,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, S. 2097/HR 3705","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-07T10:44:22.860000-04:00
1295729,8598c359-ca70-4cac-9da3-4c906139fc9a,Q3,UNIVERSITY OF IOWA,49191,UNIVERSITY OF IOWA,2012,third_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)",,88684,0,0,2012-10-08T10:26:43.090000-04:00
1295778,fbb6e1b8-21de-4e7c-bb57-2edd5d65e340,Q3,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,JOHN E. FOGARTY CENTER,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Appropriation & Developmental Disabled Issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-08T12:22:14.597000-04:00
1295780,307317a1-180f-4542-b490-7e212e7a7e55,Q3,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,THE GRODEN NETWORK,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Developmental Disabled and Education,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-08T12:31:16.587000-04:00
1295782,d8608820-a2e9-4580-a29a-b34cbb22ce85,Q3,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,PACE - RHODE ISLAND,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare & Medicaid Issues in regards to Long Term Care,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-08T12:38:17.843000-04:00
1295784,316f85bc-5f88-4116-bbdd-a1f0ee105f18,Q3,"MAYFORTH GROUP, LLC.",76412,RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE AGING,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Long Term Care Issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-08T12:48:19.223000-04:00
1295806,fbc7612b-7038-4562-b348-2baf7998e215,Q3,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,FLORIDA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,2012,third_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,,0,0,2012-10-08T13:52:31.100000-04:00
1295905,dca42b48-ebd6-41c5-8233-bcdf01cb0d4e,Q3,CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES,7758,CALIFORNIA LIFE SCIENCES,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Address concerns with Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,160000,0,0,2012-10-08T19:56:20.350000-04:00
1295910,e4937454-289d-41c1-a6cb-68a63770209e,Q3,LAW OFFICES OF MARK S. JOFFE,48315,MEDICARE COST CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Preservation of Medicare Cost Contract 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",20000,,0,0,2012-10-09T08:58:35.987000-04:00
1295944,8e927031-71fe-4daa-912b-e61fc7653254,Q3,AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS,400267219,AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Physician Payment/SGR; quality reporting and physician quality measures; ACOs; H.R. 816, the Provider Shiled Act of 2011 to protect from new causes of action in PPACA; S. 668, the Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act to repeal IPAB; H.R. 5, HEALTH Act, to ensure medical liability reform and to repeal the IPAB; H.R. 1700 to allow physicians to privately contract, Budget Control Act","Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,150000,0,0,2012-10-09T10:40:53.087000-04:00
1295951,79a2760b-cbaa-4399-a08c-3e0652936e84,Q3,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,ADVENTIST HEALTH,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Implementation of  Affordable Care Act.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-09T10:50:56.680000-04:00
1296130,4c3f8419-b264-4d3b-a51a-3315b3916eae,Q3,UNITED WAY OF AMERICA,39303,UNITED WAY OF AMERICA,2012,third_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",,53000,0,0,2012-10-09T15:22:20.487000-04:00
1296168,3970f8f9-d307-42c6-917f-703548309fef,Q3,"PARRY, ROMANI, DECONCINI & SYMMS",30792,AMERICAN HOSPICE,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Issues dealing with Medicare reimbursement; no specific bills pending.,HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,60000,,0,0,2012-10-09T16:37:38.617000-04:00
1296190,3fefcac3-14ac-4bba-b97b-c54e38a06720,Q3,"CAPITAL ADVOCATES, LLC",86276,COMPLIANCE TEAM INC,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Determining quality and accreditation standards for specialized categories of providers.    Clarifying the eligibility criteria of certain categories of healthcare providers and Medicare Advantage plans to Medicare.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-09T23:30:54.347000-04:00
1296211,48be7002-207e-4a0e-a8ce-68a264776bba,Q3,GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,16830,GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,2012,third_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.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE,White House Office",,210000,0,0,2012-10-10T09:52:07.243000-04:00
1296217,03eb98a4-ae97-455c-801d-f85a4d9b5a57,Q3,HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL,17933,HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"H.R.5979 Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012
H.R. 5707 Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act 
H.R. 1063 Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act
S. 3539 Medicaid Information Technology to Enhance Community Health Act (MITECH Act) H.R. 6232 Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act of 2012
S.2243 Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act of 2012
S. 3463 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act 
H.R.6142  Assuring Medicare Stability and Access for Seniors Act of 2012","Executive Office of the President (EOP),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,160000,0,0,2012-10-10T09:58:09.393000-04:00
1296296,0f85a5e3-3ed6-493c-b811-a0aa08f8c25b,Q3,DENNY MILLER ASSOCIATES,25328,NORTHWEST KIDNEY CENTERS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"P.L. 110-275, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, issues relating to the implementation of bundle payments for dialysis.  Issues relating to End-Stage Renal Disease and Medicare Secondary Payer requirements. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, issues relating to Medicare programs.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-10T10:43:43.823000-04:00
1296464,736b5dbb-ed69-49d1-a2e8-b596c9b019df,Q3,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care reform implementation; 340B drug discount program (H.R. 2674); Medicaid funding for public hospitals;   Medicaid/Medicare deficit reduction proposals.,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-10T13:47:00.827000-04:00
1296472,fab4063e-92a9-4ae6-adde-f979fa18a92d,Q3,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,ERLANGER HEALTH SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare and Medicaid payment policy, as it applies to hospital and physician reimbursements; Deficit reduction and entitlement reform; 340B drug policy","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-10T13:49:03.967000-04:00
1296552,ed2cc371-a22d-4a79-a171-22946dbcaf7d,3T,HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP,18466,THE ELDERCARE COMPANIES,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medical coverage of long-term care; reduction of falls in hospitals and nursing homes; federal funds for geriatric preventive services.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,1,2012-10-10T14:23:38.300000-04:00
1296684,2d700ed6-38b0-4ec6-bf77-76bdef84a7d0,Q3,CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP,72053,PURDUE PHARMA LLP,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"General Medicare and Medicaid issues including, but not limited to, coverage and reimbursement","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",15750,,0,0,2012-10-10T16:37:33.080000-04:00
1296693,ea7a5f84-6c6c-4bbc-8ad6-1188b8410a45,Q3,CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP,72053,OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"General Medicare and Medicaid issues, including, but not limited to, coverage and reimbursement","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-10T16:45:36.177000-04:00
1296710,9e2a8adf-c860-4ac0-bb62-99474ea41f9b,Q3,CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP,72053,MCBRIDE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"General Medicare issues including, but not limited to, coverage and reimbursement","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",36000,,0,0,2012-10-10T17:10:42.133000-04:00
1296713,513e5ac1-38fe-406a-80c7-fb3e76b76be5,Q3,CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP,72053,ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"General Medicare and Medicaid issues, including, but not limited to, coverage and reimbursement","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",45000,,0,0,2012-10-10T17:29:43.437000-04:00
1296729,57fa78ef-f82d-447a-989b-11a37fca4588,Q3,CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP,72053,NOVARTIS CORPORATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"General Medicare and Medicaid issues including, but not limited to, coverage and reimbursement","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-10T17:54:52.660000-04:00
1296769,0942860b-b73e-4703-8b9b-32c03347ad9c,Q3,"GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP",16896,PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST/JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEMS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Health issues.
Medicaid issues.
Medicare issues.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-11T08:51:20.400000-04:00
1296772,33c49f5f-27bf-4cf8-80cf-c23064b2f221,Q3,"GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP",16896,NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION (NCPA),2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care legislative and regulatory issues affecting independent community pharmacies.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Office of Management & Budget (OMB)",30000,,0,0,2012-10-11T08:52:21.290000-04:00
1296775,6bb885da-5c5b-488e-92d4-37c91c244900,Q3,"GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP",16896,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Representation on legislative and regulatory matters affecting health centers.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-11T08:53:22.117000-04:00
1296800,05e43034-f610-45e1-847f-ca7b2669b98a,Q3,MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,24794,MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,2012,third_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",,90000,0,0,2012-10-11T09:51:32.707000-04:00
1296804,15aec3f8-09be-40db-9d9c-995911e579ef,Q3,AVANCER HEALTH POLICY,293610,LOCAL HEALTH PLANS OF CALIFORNIA,2012,third_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,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-11T09:53:34.077000-04:00
1296807,847199df-2ee2-487e-a80b-8b0550d7fbb3,Q3,AVANCER HEALTH POLICY,293610,MARYLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Monitoring impact of federal budget proposals on Medicare and Medicaid payments to Federally qualified health centers,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-11T09:56:35.400000-04:00
1296809,6ac763cf-25c6-4e5f-a790-a69941d078a7,Q3,AVANCER HEALTH POLICY,293610,THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH NETWORK,2012,third_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,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-11T09:58:36.773000-04:00
1296840,6d7450eb-d5dc-43a3-980e-f67dd09315d5,Q3,UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY,400287372,UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare funding; Doc fix; 340B expansion,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,55000,0,0,2012-10-11T10:21:46.247000-04:00
1296849,4fc6df7a-725a-4d06-b3c2-26a4531f86aa,Q3,"DS2 GROUP, LLC",400694066,ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Monitor Medicare issues,HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,20000,,0,0,2012-10-11T10:21:47.183000-04:00
1296881,1b86e147-fe1a-4058-86ee-ab46f9ec17fd,Q3,"LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK H. GRAEFE, PLLC",291914,AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,ASP Generally (in the context of Deficit Reduction),"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",15000,,0,0,2012-10-11T10:55:04.507000-04:00
1296882,e407dc34-d9c8-4f4a-a0f5-87fe9a378078,Q3,"LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK H. GRAEFE, PLLC",291914,CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare coverage for children's hospitals.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",15000,,0,0,2012-10-11T10:58:05.877000-04:00
1296884,16e8dcac-3eac-4431-9d68-280a691c5175,Q3,"LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK H. GRAEFE, PLLC",291914,FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare legislative advice 112th Congress,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",45000,,0,0,2012-10-11T11:00:07.140000-04:00
1296885,f8c60d1f-8e75-42f0-b53b-36859c18947d,Q3,"LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK H. GRAEFE, PLLC",291914,INTUITIVE SURGICAL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Regulatory and legislative advice concerning medicare health care reform.,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-11T11:04:07.777000-04:00
1296886,ef26dd34-1d95-4a3b-a1f4-6da3e7f917b8,Q3,"LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK H. GRAEFE, PLLC",291914,INVACARE CORPORATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Monitor legislation affecting medicare payments for DME,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",37500,,0,0,2012-10-11T11:06:08.400000-04:00
1296889,72c48c4e-b773-4582-b514-e3861bd4114a,Q3,"PACIFIC CONSULTING ASSOCIATES, INC.",51398,ALLERGAN INC,2012,third_quarter,MMM,FDA Issues,,,,0,0,2012-10-11T11:24:10.533000-04:00
1297078,3fe6fcc4-cf3e-475d-b881-41040e8a2de1,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,HOSPITAL HEALTH PLAN COALITION (FORMERLYNATIONAL COALITION OF LOCAL HEALTH PLANS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care policy issues,"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-11T14:54:21.990000-04:00
1297104,e63111d4-b642-4a39-92f2-4720c2e92647,Q3,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,COMMUNITY CATALYST,2012,third_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","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-11T15:06:34.100000-04:00
1297148,052ae38b-ea32-4887-a4df-379c11b6b7d7,Q3,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,DAVITA INC.,2012,third_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.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2012-10-11T15:22:52.283000-04:00
1297168,a6e139c3-c408-4743-9cbc-7ef41a846515,Q3,RED+BLUE STRATEGIES,400693064,EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC.,2012,third_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.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2012-10-11T15:34:00.973000-04:00
1297250,be6042cb-af8c-466f-8323-dfbd5cbbb252,Q3,ATRIUM HEALTH-FORMERLY KNOWN AS CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM,58534,ATRIUM HEALTH - FORMERLY KNOWN AS CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"H.R. 5943, S 2620. 
Support Medicare Dependent Hospital and Low Volume Hospital provision within the Rural Hospital Act of 2012","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,114550,0,0,2012-10-11T17:00:39.870000-04:00
1297283,d6c61500-4740-4c1c-bcbb-c38332c426e9,Q3,"DUTKO WORLDWIDE, LLC",12868,GREATER NY HOSPITAL ASSN,2012,third_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,,0,0,2012-10-11T17:11:51.967000-04:00
1297373,f13dd912-aef2-4042-89e7-6c14990c16ae,Q3,PETERSON GROUP (FL),400920675,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,State Medicaid block grant issues.,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-11T20:08:23.597000-04:00
1297390,70dd7c6f-2379-4e99-8e04-4e8160270351,Q3,AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC,400459270,AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Medicare's Ruling on Low Vision Devices,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,10000,0,0,2012-10-12T09:01:40.007000-04:00
1297408,8d4d624e-a864-4084-931e-5d979116566a,Q3,LNE GROUP,308811,OHIOGUIDESTONE (FORMALLY KNOWN AS GUIDESTONE),2012,third_quarter,MMM,Lobbied for issues regarding medicare and medicaid,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-12T09:32:49.483000-04:00
1297540,7d346c04-1d60-43bb-b9ca-6e81870d1088,Q3,NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL,46723,NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Budget Negotiations FY2013:  
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",,25000,0,0,2012-10-12T11:01:39.800000-04:00
1297553,0b2ed80c-4698-4cc0-80c4-93fb534529ea,Q3,WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES,6781,WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES,2012,third_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)",,145000,0,0,2012-10-12T11:06:43.843000-04:00
1297586,5afed49a-8b46-4337-8abc-f3d8c4502009,Q3,NATIONAL COALITION FOR CANCER SURVIVORSHIP,53276,NATIONAL COALITION FOR CANCER SURVIVORSHIP,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Establishment of Medicare cancer care planning service through reintroduction of the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act
Lobbying activities in House of Reprensentative and Senate","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,8000,0,0,2012-10-12T11:19:53.967000-04:00
1297687,4fa290fe-38c1-435e-94a2-af65d4fe897b,Q3,LOWE'S COMPANIES INC.,312678,LOWE'S COMPANIES INC.,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Relating to HR 1063, SMART Act re Medicare secondary payer reforms to speed reimbursement of trust fund and payment of claims","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,80000,0,0,2012-10-12T12:08:26.757000-04:00
1297719,5a92b796-d241-4d5e-80ff-48dc0f972c35,3A,THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY,27913,NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare/Medicaid Reform
Medicare Part D
Affordable Care Act","Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ),Education, Dept of,Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Federal Communications Commission (FCC),Federal Trade Commission (FTC),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA),Postal Regulatory Commission,SENATE,Transportation, Dept of (DOT),U.S. Postal Service (USPS)",,10000,0,0,2012-10-12T12:28:19.123000-04:00
1297786,43b948dd-ec81-4a56-b85d-553559a18036,Q3,AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN,60138,AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare: H.R. 831/S. 483: Medicare Mental Health Access Act  
     S. 374/H.R. 2783: Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act
     H.R. 452/S. 668: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act 
     H.R. 3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,106176,0,0,2012-10-12T13:53:00.740000-04:00
1297824,93340bfd-9ef9-4259-a090-915515e0b886,Q3,"RYAN MACKINNON VASAPOLI AND BERZOK, LLP",30187,NOVO NORDISK,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010; CMS Proposed Coverage Decision Memorandum for Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity; Medicare Diabetes Screening; HR 6548 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012; S 3463 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2012; HR 2741 Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2011 and Prediabetes generally; Medicaid coverage of obesity counseling and expanding provider type; Issues related to Medicare Part D and Medicaid rebates as contained in P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011 (deficit reduction)","Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC),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,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-12T14:16:17.543000-04:00
1297829,b2ce2c53-6911-49e1-83e1-f748e4a360e6,Q3,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESPIRATORY CARE,1490,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESPIRATORY CARE,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"HR 941 - Information to House & Senate members and staff on impact of this legislation. (Medical Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2011)
HR 2505 Pulmonary Fibrosis Act S1350
HR 6490 ""Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act 2012""","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,20000,0,0,2012-10-12T14:20:18.990000-04:00
1297835,1e7cedf7-292f-454e-a82f-1d6de6676cf7,Q3,"RYAN MACKINNON VASAPOLI AND BERZOK, LLP",30187,GENENTECH,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Implementation of H.R. 1; Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003; Issues relating to PDUFA, stimulus. Issues relating to comparative effectiveness and CMS coverage of FDA approved therapies. Issues related to the PPS rule involving stroke guidelines. Proposals to reduce Medicare payment for Part B biologics. Concerns regarding Meicare payment policies for Biologics.","Executive Office of the President (EOP),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2012-10-12T14:22:21.160000-04:00
1297865,4650b17c-01d0-4c1f-9daa-f1b26c786961,Q3,"BARKER LEAVITT, PLLC (SKA MR. JAMES C. BARKER)",292538,UNIVERSITY OF UTAH--ARUP LABORATORIES,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Dates of Service, Clinical Laboratories, Physician Fee Schedule, Laboratory Test Fees, Issues associated with the Budget Control Act.","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-12T14:55:32.183000-04:00
1297899,7290c750-6f2c-4fd4-8238-05b3333ba16d,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE NETWORK,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health Care issues,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:20:51.670000-04:00
1297916,e2ccc7f6-7e99-4345-9b3b-a79dcb9638c7,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,AULTMAN HOSPITAL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health Care policy issues and funding,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:28:58.043000-04:00
1297920,23b8efb7-39ee-43b7-80c3-0d787cb3c4e9,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health Care issues,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:31:00.743000-04:00
1297926,66ae875a-c1de-4774-8cb6-f9e5ec7ecced,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,CARILION CLINIC PHYSICIANS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health Care policy issues and funding,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:34:03.550000-04:00
1297928,519a19b8-1e26-472e-a1d7-0dd42877e510,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,CENTERING HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health Care issues,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:36:06.223000-04:00
1297941,aac01337-526f-400d-97b1-c1093c320620,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,HARDIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:51:13.277000-04:00
1297944,f782cfad-e869-4ece-9aaf-4ebafbac05c6,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,HEALTHEAST,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations and health care policy,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",10000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:52:14.650000-04:00
1297949,04406ab9-d30e-4e3b-9d41-a07a6f3e135e,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations and health care policy,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:53:17.240000-04:00
1297952,a75fb986-7533-463f-b9ae-050e8360212a,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,MINISTRY HEALTH CARE,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations,"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:56:18.737000-04:00
1297955,dbb0e2dd-0d6d-4c97-816c-bf86295e3308,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,MISSION HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",50000,,0,0,2012-10-12T15:57:19.673000-04:00
1297968,3e4ea3bc-4549-45f9-ad08-468354368b27,Q3,THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES,4174,ARC OF THE UNITED STATES,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Implementation of the Community First Choice Option for Medicaid.
Allignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible recipients.
Preservation of Medicaid as an entitlement program. 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),Natl Council on Disability,Office of Management & Budget (OMB),SENATE,Social Security Administration (SSA),White House Office",,40000,0,0,2012-10-12T16:03:22.277000-04:00
1297992,69bdcd6b-95cb-4d80-a49c-99f92e2b665c,Q3,"CONFRERE STRATEGIES, LLC",40025211,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"HR 1603 - Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act
Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting - Compliance Issues","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of",21000,,0,0,2012-10-12T16:41:31.983000-04:00
1298035,380f8282-6220-40ee-99c4-c7dc816189ac,Q3,MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,25170,MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"S. 1627:  The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011--entire bill
HR 6352:Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act--entire bill
HR 6562:Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2012--entire bill","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",,80000,0,0,2012-10-12T17:08:51.467000-04:00
1298118,6ce17f29-fccd-4c9f-908c-b4260ee24ed3,Q3,BEN BARNES GROUP LP,5415,FAIR LABORATORY PRACTICES ASSOCIATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Bring attention to prevention of unfair billing practices by laboratories for Medicare services,SENATE,30000,,0,0,2012-10-13T12:34:30.763000-04:00
1298152,bb35b66f-317f-4f53-985c-359078e0440f,Q3,BEN BARNES GROUP LP,5415,ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Healthcare andphysician-owned hospitals,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",37500,,0,0,2012-10-13T14:40:48.533000-04:00
1298209,9d991209-6ba2-4a4f-bfcb-dc6947cca800,Q3,"HEARTLAND SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.",312133,ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"(1) Any and all issues related to barcode, secure identification and real-time location systems.
(2) H.R. 2925, ""Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011"" (all sections).
(3) S.1551, ""Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2011"" (all sections).","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",41250,,0,0,2012-10-14T12:21:29.757000-04:00
1298315,2f62ed6c-b68f-44ea-90f1-67a86e4c2c61,Q3,INVACARE CORPORATION,91433,INVACARE CORPORATION,2012,third_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",,320000,0,0,2012-10-15T08:27:23.793000-04:00
1298582,59c0ca6b-c359-488f-8d7b-dd11c083e064,Q3,MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,33168,MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Meidcare/Medicaid equity, H.R. 5707, H.R. 6142","Air Force, Dept of,Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers),Army, Dept of (Other),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Commerce, Dept of (DOC),Congressional Budget Office (CBO),Defense Commissary Agency,Defense, Dept of (DOD),Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Guard,Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),Navy, Dept of,Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Office of Personnel Management (OPM),Office of the Secretary of Defense,SENATE,U.S. Coast Guard (USCG),U.S. Marines,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,381622,0,0,2012-10-15T11:17:21.037000-04:00
1298617,cad59cd5-997b-415c-8077-bd8058e648f5,Q3,"TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC",304736,DENDREON CORPORATION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare coverage and reimbursement, ASP","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",60000,,0,0,2012-10-15T11:25:36.390000-04:00
1298622,404eb43e-75e6-4182-9a5c-62dcfbfbb03a,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",40000,,0,0,2012-10-15T11:25:38.733000-04:00
1298633,e4ed9ee9-e905-4178-b964-d510ff8940bc,Q3,NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFIED COUNSELORS,400349611,NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFIED COUNSELORS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Recognition of professional counselors as qualified health care professionals by the Medicare program.,"Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Defense, Dept of (DOD),Education, Dept of,Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Indian Health Service,Office of Personnel Management (OPM),SENATE,Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,20000,0,0,2012-10-15T11:28:42.937000-04:00
1298641,57c99370-64d7-4369-8e3f-6ba945fcba16,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,PROVENA HEALTH - DBA: PRESENCE HEALTH,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and policy,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",20000,,0,0,2012-10-15T11:28:46.027000-04:00
1298647,8cf07202-fa26-44cc-9041-db8a7f5415c6,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Health care funding and appropriations and health policy,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-15T11:30:49.290000-04:00
1298655,264f8f1a-df5b-4c84-b2b8-3e34c4098749,Q3,"MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.",284950,HUMANA,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare Advantage
Health reform implementation
Medicare Reform
H.R. 1580 and S. 1479, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",80000,,0,0,2012-10-15T11:32:53.383000-04:00
1298667,44d09e8c-58b6-46ea-a7c3-d68f0054e3bf,Q3,STRATEGIC HEALTH CARE,285255,SECTION 508 COALITION,2012,third_quarter,MMM,Issues relating to Medicare Wage Index,"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",30000,,0,0,2012-10-15T11:37:02.157000-04:00
1298707,eda75f89-94c5-4e02-8594-2349159f58b8,Q3,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS,1672,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act (S. 668)
Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 (H.R. 5707)","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Food & Drug Administration (FDA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP),SENATE",,24599,0,0,2012-10-15T11:55:22.777000-04:00
1298759,497c52b9-12fa-4ca2-b639-b218f1825a1b,Q3,"MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.",284950,AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY,2012,third_quarter,MMM,"Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology, patient safety, quality improvement.    
Medicare fraud and abuse.
In-office ancillary services exception to Stark law.","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE",50000,,0,0,2012-10-15T12:20:48.060000-04:00