4th Quarter - Report

DAVITA INC. for DAVITA INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$750,000
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.

Health Issues HCR

End-stage renal disease reimbursement and policies related to the new End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System; and the new health care law (Public Law 112-25). Proposal at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to develop a coordinated kidney care pilot program that would integrate care for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD. Promote policies that would apply Medicare Secondary Payor provisions to ESRD patients/beneficiaries in the newly formed Healthcare Exchange (HR 3630 the Temporary Payroll Taxcut Continuation Act of 2011 and HR 1540 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012). Ensuring Medicare patients with ESRD have reasonable travel time to their dialysis clinics.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PHIL PARK Sen. George Voinovich
JOELLE OISHI THORNHILL House Ways and Means Comm; Senate Finance Comm

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 1540 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

End-stage renal disease reimbursement and policies related to the new End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System; and the new health care law (Public Law 112-25). Proposal at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to develop a coordinated kidney care pilot program that would integrate care for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD. Promote policies that would apply Medicare Secondary Payor provisions to ESRD patients/beneficiaries in the newly formed Healthcare Exchange (HR 3630 the Temporary Payroll Taxcut Continuation Act of 2011 and HR 1540 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012). Ensuring Medicare patients with ESRD have reasonable travel time to their dialysis clinics.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PHIL PARK Sen. George Voinovich
JOELLE OISHI THORNHILL House Ways and Means Comm; Senate Finance Comm

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 1540 (112th)

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.