4th Quarter - Amendment

ABIGAIL STORK for IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
$10,000
Expenses
—

Versions of this report

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Filing Filed Amount Counted
4th Quarter - Report Jan 19, 2009 $10,000 Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment (this page) Jan 26, 2009 $10,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR 7110: Job Creation & Unemployment Relief Act of 2008, Title III, Temporary increase in FMAP. HR 2583: Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008, provisions relating to hospitals. HR 6912: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3300: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3582: Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6966: Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 7067: Quality FIRST Act of 2008, provisions relating to hospitals and value-based purchasing. S 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008, sections relating to hospitals, rural health clinics, hospices. HR 6873: Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3484: Hospice Protection Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6652: Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, section 512, mental health parity. HR 1343: Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008, section 3: National Health Service Corps., section 7: Revision of Timeframe for RHCs. S 3367: Rural Health Clinic bill to revise the timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics under the Medicare program, entire bill. HR 6699: Health Security for All Americans Act of 2008, section 105 involving improvements to MDH program; section 106 involving payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals. S 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act, provisions related to hospitals. HR 6898: Health-e Information Technology Act, provisions related to hospitals. HR 6867: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, provisions related to hospitals. S 3507: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, provisions related to hospitals. HR 6357: PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008, provisions related to hospitals. HR 1823: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007, entire bill. S 2250: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007, entire bill. HR 800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007, entire bill. S 1041: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007, entire bill. Other Issues: CAH conditions of participation, section 485.635 Healthcare reform Value-based purchasing, including Grassley/Baucus VBP discussion drafts Guidance for clinical integration Electronic health records and Health IT Payment updates for physicians and hospital inpatient/outpatient services CMS DME and oxygen payment rules Self-referral and physician-owned hospitals HHS provider conscience regulations Capital IME CMS guidelines related to use of providers contracted through a locum service CMS recovery audit contractor program Wage index reclassification ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS medical data code sets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ABIGAIL STORK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6873 (110th), H.R. 6357 (110th), H.R. 2583 (110th), H.R. 6966 (110th), H.R. 6898 (110th), H.R. 6867 (110th), H.R. 1823 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 800 (110th), H.R. 6652 (110th), H.R. 6699 (110th), H.R. 1343 (110th), H.R. 6912 (110th), H.R. 7067 (110th), H.R. 7110 (110th)

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