Mid-Year Amendment

ALSTON & BIRD LLP for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Firm
Client
Income
$100,000
Expenses
—

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
Mid-Year Report Aug 6, 2007 $100,000 Replaced
Mid-Year Amendment (this page) May 1, 2008 $100,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1932 & S. 1164, the Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2007, provisions to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program. H.R.3060, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Age of 2007, provisions that would require private health plans to cover colorectal cancer screening. Proposed and Final Rules for CY2008 Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Centers/Outpatient Prospective Payment System (ASC/OPPS Rules). H.R. 3162, The Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, and S. 2499, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, provisions pertaining to Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, and Medicare payment reductions. H.R. 3042, the Medicare Early Detection of Cancer Promotion Act of 2007, provisions that would eliminate coinsurance for colon cancer screening. H.R. 1853 and S. 2250 , Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007, regarding improved Medicare payment of Ambulatory Surgical Centers.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER BELL N/A
DAVID HEBERT —
MARK RAYDER N/A
THOMAS A SCULLY N/A
REGINA MARIA SHERICK N/A
TAMARA CARTY TENNEY N/A
TIMOTHY P TRYSLA N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); UNDETERMINED

Bills named: S. 2250 (110th), H.R. 1853 (110th), H.R. 3060 (110th), H.R. 3042 (110th), H.R. 1932 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 2499 (110th), S. 1164 (110th)

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.