Year-End Report — THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS for THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS (2007)

Firm

THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS

Client

THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS

Income

—

Expenses

$330,000

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 3162- Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 S. 1893- Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 S. 2499- Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007: Prevention of Medicare physician payment cuts. Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2007 (TRHCA): Physician Assistance and Quality Improvement fund

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HEDSTROM	ASSISTANT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
J MICHAEL HOGAN	DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

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

Bills named: H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 1893 (110th), S. 2499 (110th)

Education EDU

H.R. 2584- High Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007 S. 1066- Medical Education Affordability Act S. 1642- The Higher Education Amendments Act of 2007 H.R. 4137- The College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HEDSTROM	ASSISTANT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
J MICHAEL HOGAN	DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

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

Bills named: H.R. 4137 (110th), S. 1642 (110th), H.R. 2584 (110th), S. 1066 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

S. 2302- Food and Energy Security Act of 2007: Prohibition on use of live animals for marketing medical devices

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HEDSTROM	ASSISTANT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
J MICHAEL HOGAN	DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

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

Bills named: S. 2302 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

S. 1693- Wired for Health Care Quality Act H.R. 3800- Promoting Health Information Technology Act STS members provided information to FDA on cardiovascular patient care.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN HEDSTROM	ASSISTANT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
J MICHAEL HOGAN	DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

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

Bills named: S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 3800 (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.