4th Quarter - Report — AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (2009)

Firm

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Client

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Income

—

Expenses

$38,684

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

S. 488/H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act, seeking cosponsors H.R. 1844, Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, seeking cosponsors H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/H.R Affordable Health Care for America Act, seeking support for a clinical trials amendment H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/H.R Affordable Health Care for America Act, seeking support for a prompt pay amendment.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT BLACKWELL	Special Assistant, Rep. Joe Schwarz, 2005-2006
SHELAGH FOSTER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 1844 (111th), S. 488 (111th), H.R. 716 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1392 and S. 1221- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program, seeking cosponsors Medicare Reimbursement for Chemotherapy Drugs H.R. 3095, Medicare Cancer Patient Database and Coverage Act, seeking cosponsors S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009/H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, (SGR repeal) advocated for both bills

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT BLACKWELL	Special Assistant, Rep. Joe Schwarz, 2005-2006
SHELAGH FOSTER	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3095 (111th), S. 1776 (111th), S. 1221 (111th), H.R. 3961 (111th), H.R. 1392 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations for FY 2010 H.R. 3288, Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fy 2010 General Appropriations issues related to cancer research, the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Food and Drug Administration

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT BLACKWELL	Special Assistant, Rep. Joe Schwarz, 2005-2006
SHELAGH FOSTER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3288 (111th), H.R. 3293 (111th)

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.