2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$140,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Veterans VET

Veterans Admin. provider recruitment, retention and reimbursement (HR 3016, S 2175); Veterans First Act (S 2921)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PETER STEIN —
BENJAMIN J WALLNER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 3016 (114th)

Education EDU

medical student loan assistance / practice in underserved areas (HR 1707); Graduate Medical Education (HR 3292); Higher Education Act reauthorization; student loan reform (HR 1352, S 793 / HR 1434, HR 1713, S 2456, HR 4223)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PETER STEIN —
BENJAMIN J WALLNER —

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3292 (114th), H.R. 1352 (114th), H.R. 1434 (114th), H.R. 4223 (114th), H.R. 1713 (114th), H.R. 1707 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

IPAB Repeal (HR 1190 / S 141); Medical Liability Reform (HR 4771); Medicare physician payment / SGR (HR 2); Medicare Therapeutic Shoes program for persons with diabetes (HR 1221 / S 626 / HR 4756); Medicare waste, fraud & abuse; Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse; Budget Sequestration; health insurance anti-trust reform (HR 99, HR 105, HR 494); Medicaid access to podiatry (HR 1221 / S 626); Medicaid program integrity (HR 1221 / S 626); Physician Payments Sunshine Act; Electronic Health Records reform (HR 270; S 2425; S 2511); health care provider marketing and advertising (HR 1741); Affordable Care Act implementation as it pertains to physicians and providers; MAC / RAC / Medicare audit reform (HR 1526, S 2368); Medicare private contracting (HR 1650); public disclosure of Medicare claims data; Medicare self-referral issues; RUC reform (HR 2614); (HR 284 / S 148) DMEPOS Competitive Bidding; Patient Access to Disposable Medical Technology Act (HR 1018; HR 2029); (HR 1192 / S 586) Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act; 21st Century Cures Act (HR 6); orthotics / prosthetics accreditation & licensure (S 829 / HR 1530); Medicare diabetes prevention (HR 2102 / S 1131); definition of full-time employees; ICD-10 implementation; Affordable Care Act repeal; liberalizing Medical Loss Ratio requirements (HR 815 / S 1661); budget reform (HR 3660)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PETER STEIN —
BENJAMIN J WALLNER —

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1530 (114th), H.R. 270 (114th), H.R. 2102 (114th), H.R. 4756 (114th), H.R. 284 (114th), H.R. 1650 (114th), H.R. 2614 (114th), H.R. 1190 (114th), H.R. 4771 (114th), H.R. 99 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1192 (114th), H.R. 3660 (114th), H.R. 1221 (114th), H.R. 1018 (114th), H.R. 494 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 1741 (114th), H.R. 1526 (114th), H.R. 815 (114th), H.R. 105 (114th)

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.