4th Quarter - Termination

THE HOBBS GROUP, LLC for JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—
Terminated
Dec 31, 2008

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Program: Proposed changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; Proposed changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates. Medicare Program: Revisions to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and other revisions to Part B for CY 2009.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID HOBBS Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

Medicare Program: Proposed changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; Proposed changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates. Medicare Program: Revisions to payment policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and other revisions to Part B for CY 2009. Direct to Consumer Marketing Practices.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID HOBBS Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.2138, The Investment in America Act of 2007; S.41, The Research Competitiveness Act of 2007; H.R.1424, the Emergency Economic Stabalization Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID HOBBS Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 41 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 2138 (110th)

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.