4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$260,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3170 (119th)

Education EDU

H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.4681/S.1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4731 (119th), S. 1380 (119th), H.R. 4681 (119th), H.R. 2028 (119th), S. 942 (119th), S. 2439 (119th)

Insurance INS

H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4606/S.3400, Ally's Act. H.R.4710/S.2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act. H.R.5509/S.2903, Safe Step Act. S.1105, No UPCODE Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2903 (119th), H.R. 4710 (119th), H.R. 4606 (119th), H.R. 3170 (119th), S. 2420 (119th), H.R. 5509 (119th), S. 1677 (119th), H.R. 3514 (119th), S. 3400 (119th), H.R. 3277 (119th), S. 1816 (119th), H.R. 2433 (119th), S. 1105 (119th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4331 (119th), H.R. 5736 (119th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.929/S.266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4606/S.3400, Ally's Act. H.R.4681/S.1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act. H.R.4710/S.2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5435/S.2842, Stop CMV Act of 2025. H.R.5509/S.2903, Safe Step Act. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented to House and Senate leadership opposing provision in CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule that reduces the work Relative Value Units (RVUs) and intra-service time for all non-time-based codes by 2.5 percent in 2026, with additional reductions expected every three years indefinitely. Commented to House Appropriations Committee commending them for adopting an amendment to the FY2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would halt funding to implement the Medicare Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

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

Bills named: S. 106 (119th), H.R. 4710 (119th), H.R. 4331 (119th), H.R. 6160 (119th), H.R. 4731 (119th), H.R. 5736 (119th), S. 2439 (119th), S. 1105 (119th), H.R. 4002 (119th), S. 1640 (119th), S. 3400 (119th), H.R. 3514 (119th), S. 1390 (119th), H.R. 2191 (119th), H.R. 2433 (119th), S. 1816 (119th), H.R. 3006 (119th), H.R. 3164 (119th), H.R. 5304 (119th), S. 942 (119th), H.R. 2028 (119th), S. 1677 (119th), H.R. 929 (119th), H.R. 4606 (119th), H.R. 3277 (119th), H.R. 5435 (119th), H.R. 3170 (119th), S. 2903 (119th), H.R. 539 (119th), H.R. 4206 (119th), H.R. 4681 (119th), S. 2420 (119th), S. 1261 (119th), S. 1776 (119th), H.R. 879 (119th), S. 1996 (119th), H.R. 5509 (119th), S. 2587 (119th), S. 2842 (119th), S. 266 (119th), S. 1380 (119th), H.R. 2757 (119th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented to House and Senate leadership opposing provision in CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule that reduces the work Relative Value Units (RVUs) and intra-service time for all non-time-based codes by 2.5 percent in 2026, with additional reductions expected every three years indefinitely. Commented to House Appropriations Committee commending them for adopting an amendment to the FY2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would halt funding to implement the Medicare Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

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

Bills named: H.R. 2191 (119th), H.R. 879 (119th), S. 1996 (119th), H.R. 4002 (119th), H.R. 2433 (119th), H.R. 3006 (119th), H.R. 2757 (119th), S. 1816 (119th), H.R. 4731 (119th), S. 1261 (119th), H.R. 539 (119th), H.R. 5736 (119th), H.R. 4206 (119th), S. 1390 (119th), S. 2439 (119th), H.R. 4331 (119th), S. 1776 (119th), H.R. 5304 (119th), S. 1105 (119th), S. 106 (119th), H.R. 3514 (119th), S. 2587 (119th), H.R. 6160 (119th), S. 1640 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. Commented to House Appropriations Committee commending them for adopting an amendment to the FY2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would halt funding to implement the Medicare Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5304 (119th), S. 2587 (119th)

Pharmacy PHA

H.R.3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act. H.R.5509/S.2903, Safe Step Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARRY DECABO —
BRAD GRUEHN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3164 (119th), S. 2903 (119th), H.R. 5509 (119th)

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.