4th Quarter - Termination

BE CONSULTING for MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCATION

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—
Terminated
Dec 31, 2013

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

See Next Page for Narrative.Promote a resolution between The Higher Learning Commissions accreditation standards and Medicare nursing school payment requirements; The criteria used to designate critical access hospitals under the Medicare program; Extension of temporary restrictions of the authority of Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audit Contractors to conduct reviews of Part A inpatient admissions based on the two midnight standard; Potential implementation of recommendations of the DHHS Office of Inspector General regarding changes to the designation of critical access hospitals; H.R.1250/S. 1012, The Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, all sections; CMS' continuation of quarterly meetings with representatives of state hospital associations; Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to Missouri hospitals; Support for the Senate Finance Committee amendment (Enzi) adding S. 183 (Hospital Fairness Act) to S. Con. Res. 8 (Budget Resolution) and opposed Senate Finance Committee Amendment 0651 to S. Con. Res. 8 (Menendez); The requirements of the federal EMTALA law on hospital emergency departments; Support for The Hospital Payment Fairness Act (S. 183/H.R. 2053);

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRENT EVANS —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 8 (113th), H.R. 2053 (113th), S. 1012 (113th), H.R. 1250 (113th), S. 183 (113th)

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.