AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.
Versions of this report
Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.
| Filing | Filed | Amount | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th Quarter - Report (this page) | Jan 20, 2010 | $560,000 | Replaced |
| 4th Quarter - Amendment | Apr 7, 2010 | $620,000 | Yes |
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
H.R. 1493 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2009: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| FRANCESCA GAGE | — |
| JAMIE GREGORIAN | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| R KEVIN JONES New | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| RONALD S MOEN | — |
| NICHOLAS PIATEK | Dir Radio to Dep Asst to President &Dir Media |
| ALANNA PORTER | Legislative Director for Jon Porter (R-NV) |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Health Issues HCR
H.R. 3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009: provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. H.R. 1678 - Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2009: amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to allow a bad debt deduction to doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required to be provided under amendments made by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. H.R. 1021/S.1548 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2009: Musculoskeletal Disease and Condition Legislation to improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries, to conduct a lingitudinal study on aging, and for other purposes.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| FRANCESCA GAGE | — |
| JAMIE GREGORIAN | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| R KEVIN JONES New | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| RONALD S MOEN | — |
| NICHOLAS PIATEK | Dir Radio to Dep Asst to President &Dir Media |
| ALANNA PORTER | Legislative Director for Jon Porter (R-NV) |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
H.R. 1829/S.950 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2009: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1031 - Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2009: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 1911 - American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA): funding to help award recipients defray the cost of data collection re quirements initiated pursuant to such Act, and for other purposes. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| FRANCESCA GAGE | — |
| JAMIE GREGORIAN | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| R KEVIN JONES New | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| RONALD S MOEN | — |
| NICHOLAS PIATEK | Dir Radio to Dep Asst to President &Dir Media |
| ALANNA PORTER | Legislative Director for Jon Porter (R-NV) |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Insurance INS
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.45 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2009: improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system. Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2009
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| FRANCESCA GAGE | — |
| JAMIE GREGORIAN | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| R KEVIN JONES New | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| RONALD S MOEN | — |
| NICHOLAS PIATEK | Dir Radio to Dep Asst to President &Dir Media |
| ALANNA PORTER | Legislative Director for Jon Porter (R-NV) |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Science/Technology SCI
Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 1346/S.540 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2009: to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. H.R. 759 - The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 1548 - Pathway for Biosimilars Act: provides a pathway for the FDA approval of complex biological products from a reference product. H.R. 1427/S.726 - Promoting Innovation and Access Life-Saving Medicare Act: establishes a pathway for the FDA to approve more affordable copies of biotech and establish user fees for these products.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| FRANCESCA GAGE | — |
| JAMIE GREGORIAN | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| R KEVIN JONES New | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| RONALD S MOEN | — |
| NICHOLAS PIATEK | Dir Radio to Dep Asst to President &Dir Media |
| ALANNA PORTER | Legislative Director for Jon Porter (R-NV) |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
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.