4th Quarter - Report

HAWK INTERNATIONAL, LLC for INTERNATIONAL CHIROPRACTORS ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
$14,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Need for improvements to Medicare in non-discrimination for chiropractic patients, including the need for technical correction to law to allow for private contracting equal to all other physician-level providers covered in Medicare. Need to improve and expand research evaluating the benefit of chiropractic care across the lifespan, for pain management, for addiction recovery and other conditions. Removing barriers in the law and federal policies related to the chiropractic profession, chiropractic education, access by patients across the lifespan and socio-economic levels.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
S ELIZABETH CLAY Senior Professional Staff, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (1998-2003)

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Chiropractic therapy services, access, research, and reimbursement matters and related legislation. The importance of Chiropractic as a non-Rx solution for pain management and opioid avoidance. Regulation and legislation related to subluxation. Chiropractic legislation related to veterans, military retirees, and dependents, active duty military and dependents; and Medicare.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
S ELIZABETH CLAY Senior Professional, US House, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 1998-2003

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.