1st 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

$49,825

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.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Laboratory Workforce Shortage; Reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act; Graduate Medical Education; Allied Health Education; Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies (HRSA and DOL).

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

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

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act Implementation; Electronic Health Records/Health Information Technology; Physician Quality Reporting System; Stark Self Referral Reform; Elimination of Sustainable Growth Rate (Medicare); Graduate Medical Education; Allied Health Education; Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies; Global Health Initiatives;

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

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

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

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

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

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

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.