3rd Quarter - Report

ABIGAIL STORK for IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
$10,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008, sections relating to rural health clinics, hospices, and hospitals. HR 6873: Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3484: Hospice Protection Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Title V, Subsection B, mental health parity. S 3367: Rural Health Clinic bill to revise the timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics under the Medicare program, entire bill. HR 1343: Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008, section 7: Revision of Timeframe for RHCs; section 3: National Health Service Corps. HR 6966: Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3582: Safeguarding our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6912: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, entire bill. S 3300: Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6652: Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2008, entire bill. HR 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, section 131 involving the physician-fix; section 122 involving rebasing for sole community hospitals, section 148, clarification of payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by CAH. S 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, section 131 involving the physician-fix; section 122 involving rebasing for sole community hospitals, section 149, clarification of payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by CAH. HR 6699: Health Security for All Americans Act of 2008, section 105 involving improvements to Medicare-dependent hospital program; section 106 involving payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals. HR 2583: Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008, provisions relating to hospitals. HR 7067: Quality FIRST Act of 2008, provisions relating to hospitals and value-based purchasing. Other issues: Physician self-referral to physician-owned hospitals. Reject cuts in the indirect medical education adjustment for teaching hospitals' capital costs: Schumer,Specter,Clinton Senate letter and Marshall,King House letter. Critical Access Hospital contract/employment issue involving 485.635 CoP: Provision of services (CAH). Guidance for clinical integration programs. Medicaid DSH letter: Rep. John Sullivan letter requesting funding increases and to update the definition to Medicaid's Low DSH states. Value-based purchasing. CMS proposed rule for the FY2009 inpatient PPS: proposals relating to hospitals. CMS Recovery Audit Contractors program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ABIGAIL STORK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6331 (110th), H.R. 6699 (110th), H.R. 7067 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 6652 (110th), H.R. 2583 (110th), H.R. 6912 (110th), H.R. 6966 (110th), H.R. 1343 (110th), H.R. 6873 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 2638: Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, provisions relating to flood/disaster relief for Iowa.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ABIGAIL STORK —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2638 (110th)

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.