4th Quarter - Report — AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY for AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (2014)

Firm

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Client

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Income

—

Expenses

$51,125

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act Implementation; Medicare; Electronic Health Records; Health Information Technology Reform Act; Physician Quality Reporting System; Stark Self-Referral Reform; Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate; Physician Shortages and Graduate Medical Education; Health Care Personnel Shortages and Allied Health Education; Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies; Global Health Initiatives

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAITLIN L. COOKE	—
MATTHEW SCHULZE	—

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Physician Workforce Shortages and Graduate Medical Education; Laboratory Personnel Workforce Shortages and Allied Health Education; Reauthorization of Workforce investment Act; Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAITLIN L. COOKE	—
MATTHEW SCHULZE	—

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Affordable Care Act Implementation; Medicare; Physician and Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedules; Electronic Health Records; Health Information Technology Reform Act; Physician Quality Reporting System; Stark Self-Referral Reform; Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate; Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests; Physician Shortages and Graduate Medical Education; Health Care Personnel Shortages and Allied Health Education; Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies; Global Health Initiatives

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KAITLIN L. COOKE	—
MATTHEW SCHULZE	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

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.