2nd Quarter - Report — AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (2018)

Firm

AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$215,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Lobbied on the SIREN Act (S. 2830, H.R. 5429) and the Farm Bill to allow the Secretary of HHS to continue to have the ability to determine which additional EMS provider types can apply for the Rural EMS Grant program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN NORTH	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 5429 (115th), S. 2830 (115th)

Veterans VET

Lobbied on the Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act or the VREASA (H.R. 1445) and the Senate FY2019 Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN NORTH	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1445 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Lobbied for increases in reimbursement for ambulance service agencies and changes in policies to the Medicare ambulance fee schedule. Lobbied on the Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act (S. 967), Ambulance Medicare and Budget Operations Act (H.R. 3236), the Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability and Transport Act (H.R. 3729) and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Lobbied on Medicare system to collect ambulance cost data.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN NORTH	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 3236 (115th), H.R. 3729 (115th), S. 967 (115th)

Foreign entities

Foreign owners and affiliates the filer disclosed. Amounts are as declared on this filing.

Entity	Country	Principal place of business	Ownership	Contribution declared
INTEREL HOLDINGS, SA/NV	Belgium	Belgium	—	—

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.