1st Quarter - Report

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$265,649
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

Sustainable Growth Rate Formula Reform (general); H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 688, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; Imaging (general); Medicaid (general); H.R. 2020/ S.1096, Preservation of Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act; Strong Start Initiative.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LUCIA DIVENERE —
ANNA HYDE —
NEVENA MINOR —
JOSEF WEISSFELD —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 452 (112th), S. 1096 (112th), S. 688 (112th), H.R. 2020 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); International family planning; Violence Against Women Programs. Budget Control Act; FY12 Appropriations, Labor, HHS, Defense; Maternal Mortality Reviews; Electronic Birth and Death Records (CDC); National Fetal Infant Mortality Review (HRSA); Obesity Research, Treatment Prevention (HHS); Department of Defense (DOD) Ovarian Cancer Research Program; Health Disparities (HHS); Safe Motherhood (CDC); Preterm Research (NIH); Title V Block Grant (HRSA); STD Prevention (CDC); Title X, Family Planning; Reproductive Health; Prevention Public Health Fund; Birth Defects; National Children's Study; Medicaid and Medicare funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LUCIA DIVENERE —
ANNA HYDE —
NEVENA MINOR —
JOSEF WEISSFELD —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

Comprehensive Sexuality Education funding (general); National HIV/AIDS Strategy (general); Postpartum Depression (general); Emergency Contraception (general); Pre-existing condition exclusion (general); H.R. 2679/S. 1440, PREEMIE. H.R. 2954, Health Equity Accountability Act; Domestic Violence(general); HIV Screening (general); Gynecological Cancer; Breast Cancer (general); Breastfeeding(general); Medical Liability Reform (general); Personal Health Record; Abortion (general); Health IT (general); H.R. 2029/ S.1131, Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction and Awareness Act; Prematurity(general); Obesity (general); Disparities (general); Prevention & Public Health Trust Fund(general); The Meaningful End to Defensive Medicine and Aimless Lawsuits; H.R. 2127, Newborn Act; H.R. 5/ S.1099, HEALTH Act; H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011; S.668, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; H.R.666, Birth Certificate Enhancement Act of 2011; H.R. 894, Maternal Health Accountability Act; Imaging (general); H.R. 2194/ S.1221, GEDI Act; H.R. 1676, Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act; National Prevention Strategy (general); H.R. 1216, To Amend Funding for Graduate Medical Education in Teaching Health Centers from Direct to Authorizing Appropriations; H.R. 2085/ S. 1214; Essential Health Benefits (general); Graduate Medical Education (general); H.R. 3418/ S. 1862, Stillbirth & SUID Prevention, Education & Awareness Act; Quality Improvement Measurement (general); H.R. 3620/ S. 1969, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act; HR 3522 Family Act; Contraception (general); Blunt Ammendment; Preeclampsia (general); Essential Health Benefits (general); Antibiotics (general); HR 3586, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act, NICHD Reorganization (general); Medicaid Nominal Drug Price Rule (general) CMS Provider Penalties (general); National Health Service Corps, Nominations to Advisory Council; National Health Services Corps (general).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LUCIA DIVENERE —
ANNA HYDE —
NEVENA MINOR —
JOSEF WEISSFELD —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2954 (112th), S. 1221 (112th), S. 1131 (112th), H.R. 2085 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 894 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), S. 1862 (112th), S. 1214 (112th), S. 1440 (112th), H.R. 3586 (112th), H.R. 3620 (112th), H.R. 2194 (112th), S. 1969 (112th), H.R. 1216 (112th), H.R. 2029 (112th), S. 668 (112th), H.R. 666 (112th), H.R. 2679 (112th), H.R. 2127 (112th), H.R. 3418 (112th), H.R. 3522 (112th), H.R. 1676 (112th), S. 1099 (112th)

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.