HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF NYS for HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF NYS
What was lobbied
One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KATHLEEN CICCONE | — |
| KEVIN KRAWIECKI | — |
| STEVEN KROLL | — |
| DANIEL SISTO | — |
| RAYMOND SWEENEY | — |
| SUSAN VAN METER | — |
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.