4th Quarter - Report — AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES (2015)

Firm

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES

Client

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES

Income

—

Expenses

$27,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Federal Reserve Board regarding proposed financial reporting forms and instructions; and Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Committee Meetings.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG A HANNA	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Retirement RET

Multiemployer pension reform issues; Social Security sustainability; and final regulations concerning Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG A HANNA	—
MATTHEW ROSS MULLING	—
NIKHAIL NIGAM	—
WILLIAM RAPP	—

Contacted: Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Small group expansion under ACA; long term care issues; premium rate filings under the ACA; drivers of health insurance premium increases; health care cost drivers - transparency issues, disease management, prescription drugs, comparative effectiveness, and network adequacy; and ACA excise tax on high-cost employer plans.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
HEATHER JERBI	—
DAVID LINN	—
NIKHAIL NIGAM	—
CORI UCCELLO	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare sustainability, Medicare benefit coverage and beneficiary characteristics; Medicare Advantage plan characteristics; Medicaid managed care; Medicaid and CHIP quality strategies.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG A HANNA	—
HEATHER JERBI	—
NIKHAIL NIGAM	—
CORI UCCELLO	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); SENATE

Insurance INS

GAO regarding issuance of GAO-16-126SP, Highlights of a Forum: Preparing for Climate-Related Risks:Lessons from the Private Sector; GAO on FEMA compensation of write your own companies under National Flood Insurance Program; and FIO on proposed methods to monitor affordability of auto insurance.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG A HANNA	—
LAUREN PACHMAN	—

Contacted: Congressional Budget Office (CBO); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.