OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM for OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
What was lobbied
One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
The OSF Healthcare System asked for support of the National Trauma Center Stabilization Act (S. 733 or H.R. 936). These bills are intended to provide federal funding ($100 - $125 million) for the core mission, uncompensated care and emergency needs of trauma centers. This legislation would reauthorize the Trauma Care Grant Program. We also asked for support of preserving Hospice services and rates. We specifically asked our Legislators to sign on to a letter to be sent to the President in support of Hospice. We asked our Legislators to support the "fix" of the Medicare physician fee schedules and the SRG formula. This fix is necessary to assure the continued access to physician services in our communities. We addressed our concerns over the instability of physician reimbursement and the difficulty of recruiting physicians to central Illinois; and, the proposal to increase the usage of Radiology Benefit Managers that are cumbersome, costly and are not quality driven. We asked our Legislators to protect Home Care services. The Presidents budget calls for significant cuts to Home Health reimbursement. Hospital based and affiliated Home Health is NOT operating at high margins and will sustain significant losses if reimbursement is reduced as much as 5.5% from 2009 rates. This will create significant access issues in all markets, more significantly in rural markets. This may also contribute to increased readmission rates, higher cost of post acute care and a decline in the quality of post acute care. We asked our Legislators to generally support our communities, hospitals and providers in the upcoming Health care reform discussions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| TARA D CANTY | — |
| MUHAMMAD FAYAZ MALIK New | — |
| DONALD BRIAN MCELROY New | — |
| DAVID SCHERTZ | — |
| JEFFREY SHELTON New | — |
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.