2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS for AMERICA'S BLOOD CENTERS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$37,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152) with regard to Medical Device Excise Tax

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER —
JAMES MACPHERSON —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Health Issues HCR

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (P.L. 111-152) with regard to Medicare and Medicaid funding issues; health IT

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER —
JAMES MACPHERSON —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Torts TOR

Blood center inclusion in bill H.R. 5, Help, Efficent, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Health Care Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KAPLER —
JAMES MACPHERSON —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

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.