1st Quarter - Report — ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES for ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES (2008)

Firm

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES

Client

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES

Income

—

Expenses

$120,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Animals ANI

None

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE	—

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Science/Technology SCI

None

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2009 Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill. Issue: Funding for VA Medical Care and Research.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID B MOORE	—
TANNAZ RASOULI	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Immigration IMM

S. 2672, "Conrad State 30 Improvement Act" Issues: Medical Services in Underserved Areas, reauthorization of Conrad 30 program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAMES MATTHEW SHICK	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2672 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

Reauthorization of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Comparative Effectiveness Research.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID B MOORE	—
TANNAZ RASOULI	—
ABIGAIL JO SCHOPICK	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; SENATE

Veterans VET

H.R. 4463/S. 2377, "Veteran Health Care Quality Improvement Act" Issue: Scholarship and Loan Forgivenes for VA physicians, VA Quality Management.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID B MOORE	—
JAMES MATTHEW SHICK	—

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 2377 (110th), H.R. 4463 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1093/S. 588, "Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act" Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Removing the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Indirect Medical Education and Direct Graduate Medical Education payments.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ATUL GROVER	—
RICHARD M KNAPP	—
CHRISTIANE A MITCHELL	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 588 (110th), H.R. 1093 (110th)

Education EDU

S. 2303, "A bill to amend section 435(0) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, H.R. 4344 regarding the definition of economic hardship" S. 1066, "Medical Education Affordability Act" Issue: Reinstate and expand the debt-to-income ratio of the economic hardship deferment.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAMES MATTHEW SHICK	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 2303 (110th), H.R. 4344 (110th), S. 1066 (110th)

Homeland Security HOM

Disaster Preparedness (Homeland Security Presidential Directive [HPSD] 21)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ATUL GROVER	—
RICHARD M KNAPP	—
CHRISTIANE A MITCHELL	—
TANNAZ RASOULI	—

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE

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.