lobbying_activities: 1553914

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

Data license: Public Domain (U.S. Government data) · Data source: Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API

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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
1553914	fb3d0e87-cb06-4c5d-8d4b-ee2da7cf5a7c	Q2	UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION	12994	UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION	2014	second_quarter	MMM	Discussed possible solutions for improving access to Medicaid for military families who have children with disabilities.Advocated for Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013 which creates a separate benefit under Medicare for customized wheelchairs and equipment. (HR 942/S. 948). Discussed legislative options for improved access to wheelchair repair, capped rental equipment and speech-generating devices. Advocated for Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2014(H. R. 4755) which includes recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit. Discussed suggested improvements for collecting data on patients within the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act) which addresses data collectin procedures on rehabilitiation treatments and therapies under Medicare. Discussed personal injury settlements under Medicare affecting individuals with disabilities. Advocated for improved access for consumers to telemedicine and advocated for the lifting of restrictions of reimbursement for telemedicine at Accountable Care Organizations. Discussed strategies to improve information sharing for ACA navigators for the purpose of helping them enroll people with disabilities into the right health care plans.	Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Defense, Dept of (DOD),Education, Dept of,Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Labor, Dept of (DOL),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Office of Personnel Management (OPM),SENATE,Social Security Administration (SSA),Transportation, Dept of (DOT),White House Office		120000	0	0	2014-07-16T17:55:04.040000-04:00