1st Quarter - Report

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED for QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$190,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursement related to the Physician Fee Schedule and Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule; provisions in the Affordable Care Act and federal budget negotiations to include the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (H.R. 3630); self-referral abuses relating to anatomic pathology (no specific bills); and reimbursement and oversight of clinical laboratory services (no specific bills).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
FAITH A CRISTOL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

Oversight of laboratory services and genetic information and testing, to include the Modernizing Laboratory Test Standards for Patients Act (H.R. 3207); the Gestational Diabetes Act (H.R. 2194, S. 1221).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
FAITH A CRISTOL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2194 (112th), S. 1221 (112th), H.R. 3207 (112th)

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.