3rd Quarter - Report — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NUR… for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NUR… (2010)

Firm

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

Client

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Lobbied Members of Congress regarding the shortage of nurses and nurse faculty and the need for highly educated nurses to provide quality health care. Lobbied Members of Congress to promote the role Advanced Practice Registered Nurses will play in a reformed healthcare delivery system. Lobbied Members of Congress regarding comparative effectiveness research, quality initiatives, and cost saving healthcare programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Indian Health Service; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbied Members of Congress to increase funding for nursing education and research (Titles IV, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Indian Health Service) in FY 2011 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS), Education and Related Agencies appropriations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Indian Health Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Lobbied Members of Congress and discussed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to best implement a graduate nursing education program for the clinical education of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses created through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Indian Health Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Lobbied Members of Congress for additional nursing research funding in the FY 2011 LHHS Appropriations through the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Indian Health Service; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

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.