2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$110,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues pertaining to durable medical equipment including: bidding, power wheelchairs, oxygen, diabetic supplies, negative pressure wound therapy, Medicare audits, sequestration, and fraud abuse; H.R. 1516/S. 1013 - Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R. 284/S. 148 - Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015, all provisions; Medicare Audit Improvement and Reform (AIR) Act; all provisions; Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act, all provisions; Reimbursement cuts in non-competitive bidding areas, all provisions; H.R. 6 - 21st Century Cures Act, competitive bidding issues; Complex rehab technology accessories relating to competitive bidding; H.R. 2437 - Creating prior authorization process for DME items, all provisions; Expanding and making permanent the Medicare power mobility device demonstration program, all provisions; Audit and Appeal Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in the Medicare Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R. 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, competitive bidding provisions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KIM BRASON —
ASHLEY JACKSON —
PETER RANKIN —
THOMAS RYAN —
MINA UEHARA —
JAY WITTER —

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

Bills named: S. 1013 (114th), H.R. 1516 (114th), S. 148 (114th), H.R. 284 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th), H.R. 2437 (114th), H.R. 6 (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.