4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$250,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2260, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007 H.R. 5449, To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit discrimination in group health coverage and individual health insurance coverage. H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act H.R. 5465, Military Pain Care Act S. 3163, Healthy Americans Act Patient Safety Organizations FDA Fospropofol FDA Ethicon Endo-Surgery SEDASYS System FDA Droperidol FDA CAPS DEA-E-Prescribing DEA Fospropofol FTC Red Flag Rules

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARVEY E AMOE —
SCOTT BARNES —
MANUEL BONILLA —
JASON BYRD New —
MARY KUFFNER —
SHARON MERRICK —
LISA CHARLOTTE PERCY ALBANY —
RONALD SZABAT —

Contacted: SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: S. 3163 (110th), H.R. 2260 (110th), H.R. 2994 (110th), H.R. 5465 (110th), H.R. 5449 (110th)

Veterans VET

S. 2160, Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007 S. 2162, Veterans Mental Health and Other Care Improvement Act of 2008 GAO Report for U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARVEY E AMOE —
SCOTT BARNES —
MANUEL BONILLA —
JASON BYRD New —
MARY KUFFNER —
SHARON MERRICK —
LISA CHARLOTTE PERCY ALBANY —
RONALD SZABAT —

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Bills named: S. 2160 (110th), S. 2162 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 2053, Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007 S. 2056, Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007 H.R. 1866, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2007 H.R. 5545, To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009 S. 2729, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify Medicare physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce, and for other purposes S. 2785, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare program S. 3118, Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 H.R. 1932, Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2007 H.R. 4105, To impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program H.R. 6331, Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 H.R. 6898, Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008 Part B Medicare Physician's Fee Schedule Physician Quality Reporting Initiative/QIOs Scope of Practice CMS ACE Demonstration CMS Interpretative Guidelines CMS IPPS Medicare Payment CMS Physician Resource Use Reports CMS ICD-10 CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Proposed Rule Medicare Reform- Perioperative Care CMS Coverage Decision re: Never Events CMS Physician Based Value Reporting CMS 5010 Comment Letter CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HARVEY E AMOE —
SCOTT BARNES —
MANUEL BONILLA —
JASON BYRD New —
MARY KUFFNER —
SHARON MERRICK —
LISA CHARLOTTE PERCY ALBANY —
RONALD SZABAT —

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2729 (110th), S. 3101 (110th), H.R. 1866 (110th), H.R. 6898 (110th), H.R. 6331 (110th), H.R. 5545 (110th), H.R. 4105 (110th), S. 3118 (110th), H.R. 2053 (110th), S. 2785 (110th), S. 2056 (110th), H.R. 1932 (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.