1st Quarter - Report — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NUR… for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NUR… (2011)

Firm

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

Client

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING

Income

—

Expenses

$55,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Lobbied Members of Congress regarding the shortage of nurses and nurse faculty and the need for highly educated nurses to provide quality health care. Lobbied Members of Congress to promote the role Advanced Practice Registered Nurses will play in a reformed healthcare delivery system. Lobbied Members of Congress regarding comparative effectiveness research, quality initiatives, and cost saving healthcare programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Indian Health Service; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Lobbied Members of Congress and discussed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the implementation of the Graduate Nursing Education demonstration program for the clinical education of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses created through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Indian Health Service; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Lobbied Members of Congress to increase funding for nursing education and research (Titles IV, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Indian Health Service) in FY 2011 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS), Education and Related Agencies appropriations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Indian Health Service; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Education EDU

Lobbied Members of Congress regarding the shortage of nurses and nurse faculty and the need for highly educated nurses to provide quality health care. Provided data on for-profit higher education entities that offer nursing education.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Indian Health Service; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Lobbied Members of Congress for additional nursing research funding in the FY 2011 LHHS Appropriations through the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHANDRA BURNSIDE	Associate Director of Government Affairs
SUZANNE MICHELLE MIYAMOTO	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Indian Health Service; 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.