3rd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$760,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Health Care Quality; FDA Safety/Transparency; General Health Care Reform Implementation; Medical Liability Reform; H.R. 5, the HEALTH Care Act of 2011; Federal Funding of Appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA; MDUFA/PDUFA Reauthorization; S 1995, the Medical Device Patient Safety Act; Funding for FY 2012 Demonstration grants for pediatric device availability improvement; FDA regulation of tobacco products/cigars. HR 2104, the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011; Sequestration and general cuts to health care.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER BRUNELLE —
PATRICK HOPE —
NOIA NICHOLAS MORSE —
LUCAS ROBERT SANDERS —
PETER WALLACE —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Bills named: H.R. 2104 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Physician Payment; Sustainable Growth Rate reform; Graduate Medical Education; Sequestration, Health Care Quality; Medical Imaging as it relates to prior authorization, payment cuts or reduction in access to services; Medicare Reimbursement for Imaging for Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction; FDA Safety/Transparency; HR 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011; Medical Device and Prescription Drug Reauthorization.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER BRUNELLE —
PATRICK HOPE —
NOIA NICHOLAS MORSE —
LUCAS ROBERT SANDERS —
PETER WALLACE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: H.R. 452 (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.