ABIGAIL STORK for IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
Researched Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Public Law 110-314: provisions relating to resellers and hospitals.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals. H.R. 1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Monitored and researched tax-exempt status of hospitals--revised form 990, Schedule H form.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
H.R. 2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009: specialty hospital provision. S. 275, An original bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes: provisions relating to hospitals. H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Division A, Title I, provisions relating to rural utilities services; Title VIII, provisions relating to hospitals, comparative effectiveness; Title XIII, provisions relating to health IT, hospitals and physicians; Division B, Title I, provision relating to tax-exempt bonds and hospitals; Title IV, provisions relating to hospital and physician incentive payments, Medicare hospice wage index, Medicare capital IME payments; Title V, provisions relating to FMAP, DSH payments, moratoria on Medicaid regulations; Title VI, provisions relating to broadband technology opportunities. S. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals including, capital IME regulation, prompt pay requirement, health IT, DSH payments, FMAP. S. 350, An original bill to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health: provisions relating to hospitals. H.R. 598, American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009: provisions relating to hospitals including, moratorium on Medicare regulation for capital IME payments, moratorium on Medicare regulation related to hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor. H.R. 629, Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act: provisions relating to hospitals including, broadband internet access, DSH payments, FMAP, moratoria on Medicaid regulations, health IT. H.R. 362, Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009: entire bill. S. 318, Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act of 2009: entire bill. H.R. 7067, Quality FIRST Act of 2008: entire bill (from 110th Congress). H.R. 1776, Quality FIRST Act of 2009: entire bill. S. 295, Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act of 2009: entire bill. Other Issues: Monitored President's FY 2010 budget proposal--provisions relating to hospitals. Advocated for value-based purchasing; monitored proposals including, Baucus/Grassley discussion draft. Advocated for low-volume adjustment for tweener hospitals. Monitored HHS Provider Conscience Regulation. Advocated against cuts to Medicare Capital IME payments--House Neal-Tiberi and Senate Schumer-Roberts letters. Advocated for correction of the Medicare Physician Payment Methodology--sustainable growth rate formula. Monitored HHS ICD-10 Codes. Advocated for Brady-Wilson House letter relating to economic recovery package and hospital issues. Monitored issues related to CMS Recovery Audit Contractors. Advocated for solution involving issues related to electronic health records and hospitals. Monitored FY 2009 IPPS Rule, including advocated against new budget neutrality adjustment to the rural floor of the wage index. Researched issues related to Medicare Administrative Contracts. Monitored hospital outpatient rule including issues related to physician supervision requirement.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
H. Con. Res. 85, Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014: provisions relating to hospitals. S. Con. Res. 13, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014: provisions relating to hospitals. H.R. 1105, Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes: provisions relating to hospitals. S. 336, Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes: provisions relating to hospitals including, health IT, training health professionals, research on how to reduce health care costs.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
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.