2nd 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
$70,254
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
2nd Quarter - Report (this page) Jul 19, 2012 $70,254 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment Jan 22, 2013 $70,254 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 9 for specific Budget 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: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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

Health Issues HCR

See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations

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

Bills named: H.R. 5651 (112th), H.R. 5888 (112th), H.R. 2405 (112th), H.R. 3239 (112th), H.R. 1409 (112th), H.R. 2104 (112th), S. 3201 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th), H.R. 5998 (112th), S. 2516 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 157 (112th), H.R. 5707 (112th), S. 1855 (112th), H.R. 451 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), S. 1099 (112th), H.R. 4310 (112th), H.R. 3586 (112th), H.R. 3474 (112th), H.R. 2600 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations

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

Bills named: H.R. 5888 (112th), H.R. 1409 (112th), H.R. 4310 (112th), S. 1099 (112th), H.R. 5651 (112th), H.R. 3586 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 2600 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th), H.R. 5707 (112th), H.R. 3474 (112th), H.R. 2405 (112th), H.R. 157 (112th), H.R. 2104 (112th), H.R. 3239 (112th), H.R. 5998 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), S. 2516 (112th), S. 3201 (112th), S. 1855 (112th), H.R. 451 (112th)

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