4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$96,000
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.

Small Business SMB

HR 451 -- advertising reporting requirements for medical professionals

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

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 451 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

HR531--Access to Frontline Health Care Act; HR452/S 668 -- IPAB Repeal; S454--Medicare AntiFraud; S756--Medicare Data Transparency; HR5/S218--Medical Liability Reform; HR1206/2077--Medical Loss Ratio changes; HR 1256 -- Medicare Physician Payment Transparency; HR 1409--Quality Health are Coalition Act; HR1700/S1042--Medicare Patient Empowerment Act; S1309/HR 3364--Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid; PDUFA/MDUFA reauthorization; Budget Sequestration (HR 8); 100th Anniversary of APMA; Medicare Physician payment / SGR; S1958--Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; HR 1256--Medicare Relative Update Committee (RUC); HR 1409--Physician Antitrust; HR 2363--Health Care OverUse Reform Today (HealthCOURT) Act; HR 3630/HR 3675--Medicare Physician Payments/SGR; HR 1150--Health Insurer Antitrust Reform; HR 969 Medical Practice Freedom Act; S 756--Claims Data Publication; TRICARE reimbursement issues; VA provider issues

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

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1150 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 1409 (112th), H.R. 969 (112th), H.R. 3675 (112th), H.R. 3364 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th), H.R. 1256 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 1206 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 531 (112th), H.R. 2363 (112th), H.R. 1700 (112th)

Education EDU

HR 531, and other legislative initiatives to assist with medical tuition in exchange for doctors serving in underserved areas; HR 2117 / S 1297 -- Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education

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

Contacted: White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 531 (112th), H.R. 2117 (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.