MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION for MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
- Responded to request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation for information regarding the financial status and prognosis of hospitals in the members district. - Distributed a report by the Hospital Industry Data Institute regarding trends in COVID-19 infections in Missouri classified by the ages of the infected persons. - Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation asking them to relay to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar the urgency of extending the current declaration of a public health emergency and its accompanying regulatory relief authorities. - Responded to a request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation to review pending legislation regarding eligibility of rural hospitals for the Paycheck Protection Program - Organized and implemented a series of periodic telephone conferences for staff of the Missouri congressional delegation to provide updates on and respond to questions about the effect of the COVID-19 emergency on Missouri hospitals. - Distributed to the members of the Missouri congressional delegation an infographic regarding the financial implications of the COVID-19 emergency on the finances of Missouri hospitals. - Distributed to the members of the Missouri congressional delegation a set of regional dashboards with metrics showing the extent and expected trends of COVID-19 infection in Missouri and the implications for disease control and response. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding assertions by a hospital accreditation agency that the federal COVID-19 emergency declaration is expected to lapse by the end of July 2020. - Corresponded and spoke with members of the staff of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the Department of Health and Human Services standards for accepting the terms and conditions of federal funds distributed from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Funds to address the COVID-19 emergency. - Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation to promote legislative action to provide forgiveness of all repayment obligations associated with the CARES Acts expanded authority of the Medicare Accelerated Payments program. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the denial of the state of Missouris request for eight 50-bed Federal Medical Stations, which are administered as part of the Division of Strategic National Stockpile in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services. - Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to reiterate the ongoing need for COVID-19 testing to manage the public health emergency and the imperative that private insurance coverage of that testing be maintained. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a federal shipment to Missouri of 50,000 swabs for use in COVID-19 testing, of which 21,000 of the swabs were missing. - Responded to a request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation for information about the effect of the COVID-19 emergency on rural hospital finances and operations. - Corresponded with the members of the Missouri congressional delegation to distribute a Missouri Hospital Association report on the effect of COVID-19 on hospital finances and governmental financial relief programs to benefit hospitals in response to COVID-19. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the distribution of federal financial assistance to hospitals from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. - Distributed to the members of the Missouri congressional delegation a report asserting a disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on African-Americans in the St. Louis region. - Corresponded with several members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding interest in organizing telephone conferences between the legislators and staff and hospital executives within their legislative districts. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding interest in coordinating signatures of the Missouri congressional delegation on a joint letter to Secretary Azar and CMS Administrator Verma regarding the distribution and potential recoupment of funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. - Corresponded with selected staff of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding state-specific data on the distribution of funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. - Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the distribution and potential recoupment of funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a response to the members letter asking for information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. - Corresponded with the members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the effect of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on governmental hospitals in Missouri. - Responded to a request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the distribution of federal funds to Missouri hospitals from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. - Responded to a request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the type and number of governmental hospitals in Missouri. - Responded to a request from a member of the Missouri congressional delegation as to whether employees of county hospitals in Missouri are considered to be employees of their respective counties. - Corresponded with the members of the Missouri congressional delegation to provide an update on and discuss ongoing concerns with the federal response to the COVID-19 emergency. - Corresponded with the members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding inclusion of governmental hospitals in the Paycheck Protection Program. - Reviewed and endorsed a letter drafted by a member of the Missouri hospital association regarding federal financial relief for rural hospitals affected by the COVID-19 emergency. - Corresponded with members of the Missouri congressional delegation expressing thanks for their development and support of changes within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act concerning expanded authority to implement the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment program. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a letter from the member to FEMA regarding its response to the COVID-19 emergency. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding guidance from the Small Business Administration regarding governmental hospital eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program. - Corresponded with the members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding hospital eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding data on the distribution of federal financial assistance to hospitals in response to the COVID-19 emergency. - Participated in a briefing call in advance of a telephone conference between a member of the Missouri congressional delegation and executives of hospitals within the legislative district. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding distribution of new information regarding federal funding to hospitals in response to the COVID-19 emergency. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding a letter from the member regarding support for financial assistance to rural hospitals in response to the COVID-19 emergency. - Conducted telephone conferences with selected members of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding COVID-19 and its effect on Missouri hospitals. - Corresponded and spoke with staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding eligibility for payment deferrals of USDA loans to hospitals under the Community Facilities Direct Loan program. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding hospital participation in a telephone conference with the member and staff to discuss the federal response to the COVID-19 emergency. - Forwarded to the members of the Missouri congressional delegation an email from the President and CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association regarding Missouri hospitals role in responding to the COVID-19 emergency. - Corresponded with a member of the Missouri congressional delegation regarding the effects of the COVID-19 emergency on the need for and delivery of mental health services and a comparison of influenza cases between the last report of the 2019 influenza season and the most recent report of the 2020 influenza season.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DANIEL R LANDON | — |
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