4th Quarter - Report — BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC for UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER (2014)

Firm

BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC

Client

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER

Income

$120,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 83; Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015;; hospital and insurance issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY COSTA	—
JON W PLEBANI	—
MICHAEL P STRAZZELLA	—
ELIZABETH WESTBROOK New	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 83 (113th)

Immigration IMM

J-1 Visa requests for physicians

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY COSTA	—
JON W PLEBANI	—
MICHAEL P STRAZZELLA	—
ELIZABETH WESTBROOK New	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Insurance INS

Implementation of PL111-148; hospital & Insurance issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY COSTA	—
JON W PLEBANI	—
MICHAEL P STRAZZELLA	—
ELIZABETH WESTBROOK New	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

Implementation of PL111-148; S. 2450, HR 4810, Veterans Affairs Policy for Organ Transplant; specialty drugs' effect on health care premiums; long-term care policies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY COSTA	—
JON W PLEBANI	—
MICHAEL P STRAZZELLA	—
ELIZABETH WESTBROOK New	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 4810 (113th), S. 2450 (113th)

HR 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, PL113-93, 101, 107, 109, 212, 218, 221; HR 4015, SGR Repeal & Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014; 2 & 4; S 2110, Medicare SGR Repeal & Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014; 101, 103, 206, 404; ICD-10 Implementation; Medicaid & CHIP Payment and Access Commission - call for nominations; Liver Transplant Request and Medicare Administrative Contractor; Draft legislation by Ways and Means to Improve Hospital Issues; Quality Reporting Measures

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY COSTA	—
JON W PLEBANI	—
MICHAEL P STRAZZELLA	—
ELIZABETH WESTBROOK New	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4302 (113th), H.R. 4015 (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.