4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$420,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Physcian Payment; Health Care Quality; Medical Imaging; Specialty Hospitals; Comparative Effectiveness; H.R. 3200, the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S. 1796, the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 4371, Medicare Physcian Practice Expense; National Coverage Decision on Cartoid Stenting; Medicare Resource Use Reports; Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER BRUNELLE —
LISA GOLDSTEIN —
PATRICK HOPE —
REBECCA KELLY —
NOIA NICHOLAS MORSE —
CORTNEY WALKER ROHR —
FRANK RYAN —
BRIAN WHITMAN —

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 1796 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 4371 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Medicare Physician Payment Reform (sustainable growth rate); Health Care Quality; Health Care Information Technology; Medical Liabilty; Health Care Reform; H.R. 3200, the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S. 1796, the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 4371, Medicare Physcian Practice Expense

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER BRUNELLE —
PATRICK HOPE —
NOIA NICHOLAS MORSE —
CORTNEY WALKER ROHR —
FRANK RYAN —

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 4371 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 1796 (111th)

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.