2nd Quarter - Report

MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION for MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$120,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

- Health Reform: Reduction of DSH payments as a funding source for health reform; and the importance of DSH payments to Missouri hospitals - MCO provider tax - S. 1099 - Patients' Choice Act (Burr/Coburn Health Plan) - H.R. 444 - 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act - possible amendment on reauthorizing Section 1011 of the Medicare Modernization Act - reviewed hospital financial performance under Medicares payment system - discussed principals for health care reform legislation - Medicare Physician Payment Fix - H.R. 1409 & S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act Card Check - Physician Self-Referral to Specialty Hospitals - Rural Health Care Issues: H.R. 362 - Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009; S. 318 - Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2009; S. 307/H.R. 668 - Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; and S. 628/H.R. 1127 - J1-Visa Waiver Program - H.R. 444 - 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009 - Consistency of Regulatory Standards Application - requested action to protect Medicare capital indirect medical education payments

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DWIGHT L FINE —
DANIEL R LANDON —
MARC D SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 318 (111th), H.R. 444 (111th), H.R. 668 (111th), H.R. 1127 (111th), S. 628 (111th), H.R. 362 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th), S. 307 (111th), S. 560 (111th), S. 1099 (111th)

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.