4th Quarter - Report — NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION for NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION (2017)

Firm

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION

Client

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION

Income

—

Expenses

$60,000

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.

Health Issues HCR

Implementation and Management of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Repeal and Replace of ACA Initiatives to increase and facilitate organ donation and transplantation, including H.R.1270 (Living Donor Protection Act) and build support for a Senate companion bill Comments on HHS Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 Support for H.R. 2644, Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017 Participation in the HHS Million Hearts initiative

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TONYA SAFFER	—
TROY ZIMMERMAN	—

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2644 (115th), H.R. 1270 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Initiatives to support early detection and management of Chronic Kidney Disease (H.R. 3867)and build support for a Senate companion bill Submitted Alternative Payment Model proposal for CKD care to CMS and HHS Comments to CMS on Dialysis Facility Compare

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TONYA SAFFER	—
TROY ZIMMERMAN	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3867 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2018 Appropriations for the Deptartment of Health and Human Services (NIH, CDC, HRSA); Food and Drug Administration; Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TONYA SAFFER	—
TROY ZIMMERMAN	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

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.