2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$138,863
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Trauma Funding Cancer Funding Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK V. BAILEY —
MATTHEW COFFRON —
MARGARET GILLEY —
SARA MORSE —
CHRISTIAN SHALGIAN —
HEATHER HERNDON SMITH —
CARRIE ZLATOS New —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Veterans VET

H.R. 1688- To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry. Defense Trauma Readiness

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK V. BAILEY —
MATTHEW COFFRON —
MARGARET GILLEY —
SARA MORSE —
CHRISTIAN SHALGIAN —
HEATHER HERNDON SMITH —
CARRIE ZLATOS New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1688 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1190 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S. 258/H.R. 169 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 3796 (113th) - Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act H.R. 648/S. 763 - Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act H.R. 1070 (113th) - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2013 H.R. 531 - Accelerating Biomedical Research Act H.R. 887 - Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 865 - Good Samaritan health professionals act H.R. 1220 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 S. 289 - American Cures Act H.R. 2603 /S. 1475 - Savings Lives, Saving Costs Act S. 884/H.R. 836 - the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act H.R. 647 - the Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act S. 1148 - the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015 H.R. 1707 - the Access to Frontline Health Care Act H.R. 1859 - Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act H.R. 1934 - Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1936 - Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act H.R. 1688 - To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry. GME Surgical Workforce Shortages/Issues 21st Century Cures ICD-10 HEALTH Act Standard of Care protection act Response to Senate FDA report Bonus Payments for Rural General Surgery Providers HPSA Surgical Incentive Program Cancer Program Accreditation IPAB Electronic Health Records Breast Cancer Research In-Office Ancillary Services Exception BETOS coding system

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK V. BAILEY —
MATTHEW COFFRON —
MARGARET GILLEY —
SARA MORSE —
CHRISTIAN SHALGIAN —
HEATHER HERNDON SMITH —
CARRIE ZLATOS New —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1220 (114th), H.R. 1934 (114th), H.R. 647 (114th), S. 1475 (114th), H.R. 169 (114th), H.R. 887 (114th), H.R. 1936 (114th), S. 763 (114th), H.R. 1190 (114th), H.R. 1859 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th), H.R. 836 (114th), H.R. 3796 (114th), H.R. 1688 (114th), S. 884 (114th), H.R. 2603 (114th), H.R. 865 (114th), H.R. 1070 (114th), H.R. 1707 (114th), S. 258 (114th), H.R. 648 (114th), H.R. 531 (114th), S. 289 (114th), S. 1148 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 1190 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 S. 258/H.R. 169 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 3796 (113th) - Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act H.R. 648/S. 763 - Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act H.R. 1070 (113th) - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2013 H.R. 531 - Accelerating Biomedical Research Act H.R. 887 - Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 H.R. 865 - Good Samaritan health professionals act H.R. 1220 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 S. 289 - American Cures Act H.R. 2603 /S. 1475 - Savings Lives, Saving Costs Act S. 884/H.R. 836 - the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act H.R. 647 - the Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act S. 1148 - the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015 H.R. 1707 - the Access to Frontline Health Care Act H.R. 1859 - Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act H.R. 1934 - Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1936 - Improving the Integrity of Disability Evidence Act H.R. 1688 - To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry. GME Surgical Workforce Shortages/Issues 21st Century Cures ICD-10 HEALTH Act Standard of Care protection act Response to Senate FDA report Bonus Payments for Rural General Surgery Providers HPSA Surgical Incentive Program Cancer Program Accreditation IPAB Electronic Health Records Breast Cancer Research In-Office Ancillary Services Exception BETOS coding system

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATRICK V. BAILEY —
MATTHEW COFFRON —
MARGARET GILLEY —
SARA MORSE —
CHRISTIAN SHALGIAN —
HEATHER HERNDON SMITH —
CARRIE ZLATOS New —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 289 (114th), H.R. 836 (114th), S. 1148 (114th), H.R. 1859 (114th), H.R. 169 (114th), H.R. 3796 (114th), H.R. 887 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th), S. 884 (114th), H.R. 1936 (114th), H.R. 647 (114th), H.R. 1934 (114th), H.R. 2603 (114th), S. 1475 (114th), H.R. 1190 (114th), H.R. 1688 (114th), H.R. 1220 (114th), S. 763 (114th), H.R. 1070 (114th), H.R. 865 (114th), S. 258 (114th), H.R. 1707 (114th), H.R. 648 (114th), H.R. 531 (114th)

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.