4th Quarter - Report — VIZIENT, INC. for VIZIENT INC (2008)

Firm

VIZIENT, INC.

Client

VIZIENT INC

Income

—

Expenses

$30,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax-exempt Hospital Community Benefit Standard - General outreach regarding not-for-profit hospital tax exemption. Analysis and discussion of potential legislative efforts to update community benefit standard.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
EDWARD GOODMAN	—
CIDETTE PERRIN	—
STEVEN RIXEN	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Health Issues HCR

Health Care Information Technology (S. 1693, H.R. 3800, H.R 6898) - Worked in support of adoption of health care information technology. Opposed inclusion of privacy provisions that would be unmanageable for hospitals. Supported Inclusion of funding for implementation in proposed economic stimulus package. Hospital Group Purchasing Organizations - General outreach and education efforts related to hospital group purchasing organizations. Nursing Shortage - Provided information on Capitol Hill about VHA's efforts to return nurses to the bedside of patients, supported passage of HR 5924. Unique Device Identification - Supported promulgation of regulations requiring unique identifiers for medical devices pursuant to legislative mandate under the Food Drug Administration Amendments Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
EDWARD GOODMAN	—
CIDETTE PERRIN	—
STEVEN RIXEN	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5924 (110th), H.R. 6898 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 3800 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Hospital Value-Based Purchasing - (H.R. 7607) - Outreach and monitoring of legislative proposals to implement CMS' hospital value-based purchasing plan. Hospital Group Purchasing - Supported the release of additional regulatory guidance related to average sales price for prescription drugs under the Medicare program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
EDWARD GOODMAN	—
CIDETTE PERRIN	—
STEVEN RIXEN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 7607 (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.