{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[2380069, "119f2d06-0e97-45e1-b55f-bef2d8600aa0", "Q4", "ASSOCIATION FOR DIAGNOSTICS & LABORATORY MEDICINE (FORMERLY AACC)", 1466, "ASSOCIATION FOR DIAGNOSTICS & LABORATORY MEDICINE (FORMERLY AACC)", 2019, "fourth_quarter", "MMM", "On December 2, 2019, AACC joined with other members of the healthcare community in writing to the House and Senate in support of H.R.3584, the Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries (LAB) Act, which would delay the reporting of lab financial data for one year and require the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) to conduced a study on the payment methodology used by the Centers for Medicare Services for reimbursing clinical laboratories. \n\nOn December 5, 2019, AACC met with House and Senate lawmakers and staff in support of H.R.3584, the LAB Act.\n\nOn December 11 & 18, 2019, AACC conducted a grassroots campaign targeted towards House and Senate members in support of H.R.3584.\n\nOn October 3, 2019, AACC conducted a congressional briefing on point of care testing for House and Senate congressional staff.  The association urged the congressional offices to request the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General to conduct a study on the quality of testing provided by Certificate of Waiver testing sites under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and make recommendations for improvement.", "Food & Drug Administration (FDA),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE", null, 130000, 0, 0, "2020-01-13T12:45:58.380000-05:00"]], "columns": ["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"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["2380069"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.41147798765450716, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}