3rd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$170,000
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

Medical device excise tax.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE DRIVER —
WALTER JOSEPH GORSKI —
STACEY R HARMS —
PETER RANKIN —
MICHAEL REINEMER —
TYLER WILSON —
JAY WITTER —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Issues pertaining to durable medical equipment including: bidding, power wheelchairs, oxygen, diabeti supplies, negative pressure wound therapy, Medicare audits, and fraud abuse; H.R. 1041 - Fairness in Medicare Bidding Act, all provisions; H.R. 3399/S. 1251 - Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act, all provisions; H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011, all provisions; S.668 - Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, all provisions; H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, all provisions; H.Con.Res. 112 - House Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2013, all provisions; S.3187 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, all provisions; H.R. 4378 - Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012, all provisions; H.R. 5652 - Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, issues pertaining to Medicare; CMS prior authorization demonstration for power mobility devices. H.R. 6490 - Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012, all provisions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE DRIVER —
WALTER JOSEPH GORSKI —
STACEY R HARMS —
PETER RANKIN —
MICHAEL REINEMER —
TYLER WILSON —
JAY WITTER —

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 1041 (112th), H.R. 4378 (112th), H.R. 3399 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 5652 (112th), S. 668 (112th), S. 1251 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 6490 (112th), S. 3187 (112th), H.Con.Res. 112 (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.