BE CONSULTING for MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCATION
What was lobbied
One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
See Next Page for Narrative.Support for H.R. 1250, and S. 1012, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013; Promote the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, review the amount by congressional district of enacted reductions in hospital Medicare and Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals payments for 2013-2019 and the implications for cost-shifting of the Missouri General Assemblys decision not to expand Medicaid eligibility as authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; CMS proposed regulations to implement the Medicare DSH reductions authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; Efforts to repeal or revamp section 3141 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care of 2010 (S. 183, H.R. 2053); CMS standards for awarding vendor contracts to Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors; Medicare hospital payment restrictions based on preventable hospital readmissions; HR 1787, The Rural Hospital Access Act, all provisions; Congressional request re: Missouri Hospital Associations stance on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 at the time of its enactment; Congressional inquiry re: the amount of Medicare bad debt incurred by Missouris hospitals and the effect of the Obama Administrations proposal in its proposed FFY 2014 budget to restrict Medicares payments to partly offset Medicare bad debt costs; Oppose a proposal included in the Obama Administrations proposed budget for FFY 2014 that would preclude designation as a critical access hospital for any hospital facility located within 10 miles of another hospital; Congressional request regarding federally qualified health centers in Missouri; Request for CMS to update its list of skilled nursing facilities to include swing-bed providers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRENT EVANS | — |
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