1st Quarter - Report

AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS for AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$360,000
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.

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues pertaining to Medicaid reform, block grant proposals, per capita caps Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Medicaid provider taxes Medicare bad debt payments Medicaid waivers Medicaid Expansion Issues Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments Legislation related to chronic care treatment Legislation related to Medicare reimbursement for telehealth service Medicaid managed care policies rulemaking Medicaid supplemental payments to hospitals Medicare site neutral payments for hospitals outpatient departments Legislation related to healthcare disparities Medicaid State Flexibility Medicaid 1115 & 1332 Waivers Upper Payment Limit payments State Financing of Medicaid Medicare Part B Cuts-OPPS proposed rule to 340B covered entities Medicaid Pediatric Health Homes Hospital Price Transparency Empower Act (S.227/H.R. 5306) Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act (H.R. 1839) Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act (S.317/H.R. 1226)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BETH FELDPUSH —
CARLOS MIQUEL JACKSON —
AMANDA WALSH —
JOCELYN WILES —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 5306 (116th), H.R. 1839 (116th), H.R. 1226 (116th), S. 227 (116th), S. 317 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 White House FY2019 Budget Request H.R. 1892, The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Medicaid DSH)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BETH FELDPUSH —
CARLOS MIQUEL JACKSON —
AMANDA WALSH —
JOCELYN WILES —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1892 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

Repeal of the Affordable Care Act Development of legislation to protect essential hospitals Issues related to telehealth Mental Health Essential Health Benefits created by the Affordable Care Act Access to hospital emergency services Issues related to the 340B Drug Pricing Program ACA Cost Sharing Reduction Subsidies 340B dug pricing program CMS OPPS 340B rule moratorium-related legislation 42 CFR Part 2 IMD Exclusion Prescription drug monitoring programs Poison Center Network Enhancement Act A Bill to support the peer support specialist workforce CREATES Act-H.R. 965 The Advancing Care for Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act-H.R. 1226/S. 317 Cassidy Surprise Billing Draft Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Excellence in Metal Health Act (S. 824/H.R. 1767) Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (H.R. 269)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BETH FELDPUSH —
CARLOS MIQUEL JACKSON —
AMANDA WALSH —
JOCELYN WILES —

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1226 (116th), H.R. 965 (116th), H.R. 269 (116th), H.R. 1767 (116th), S. 317 (116th), S. 824 (116th)

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.