1st Quarter - Report

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF 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.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$88,958
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

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
1st Quarter - Report (this page) Apr 20, 2012 $88,958 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment Jan 22, 2013 $88,958 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

See page nine for specific Budget issues. Budget/Appropriations Issues H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations

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

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 34 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs

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

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 1409 (112th), S. 1855 (112th), H.R. 157 (112th), H.R. 3586 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 3474 (112th), H.R. 3239 (112th), H.R. 2600 (112th), S. 1099 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs

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

Bills named: S. 1099 (112th), H.R. 3586 (112th), H.R. 1409 (112th), H.R. 3239 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th), S. 1855 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 3474 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 157 (112th), H.R. 2600 (112th)

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