1st Quarter - Report

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$460,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Housing HOU

Preserve funding for HUD Section 202 and 232.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN —
JEFF M MYERS —
KARL POLZER —
MARYANNE SAPIO —
MATTHEW SMYTH —
KIM ZIMMERMAN —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S.2132: Highway Investment, Job Creation, and Economic Growth Act of 2012.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN —
JEFF M MYERS —
MARYANNE SAPIO —
KIM ZIMMERMAN —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 2132 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

S.1560: Nursing Home Resident Pain Relief Act of 2011.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN —
JEFF M MYERS —
MARYANNE SAPIO —
MATTHEW SMYTH —
KIM ZIMMERMAN —

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1560 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

P.L. 111-148:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 2032: To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits by federally-funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility. H.R. 3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN —
JEFF M MYERS —
KARL POLZER —
MARYANNE SAPIO —
MATTHEW SMYTH —
KIM ZIMMERMAN —

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 2032 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

P.L. 111-148: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. H.R. 452: A bill to repeal IPAB. H.R. 3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. H.R. 2032: To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits by federally-funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility. S. 818: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. H.R. 1543: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. S. 2037: To reauthorize and improve the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes. S. 2077: Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act. Continued monitoring Post Acute Care Payment and reform issues. Reducing Hospital Readmission from Skilled Nursing Facility.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN —
JEFF M MYERS —
KARL POLZER —
MARYANNE SAPIO —
KIM ZIMMERMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 2032 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 1543 (112th), S. 2037 (112th), S. 818 (112th), S. 2077 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Continued advocacy on SNF's use of health information technology.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN —
JEFF M MYERS —
MARYANNE SAPIO —
KIM ZIMMERMAN —

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.