1st Quarter - Amendment — NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION for NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION (2011)

Firm

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION

Client

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION

Income

—

Expenses

$139,986

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 26, 2011	$139,986	Replaced
1st Quarter - Report	Oct 19, 2011	$139,986	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Dec 3, 2012	$139,986	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Pharmacy PHA

Support for 340B drug program, expansion in health reform, and implementation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
DAVID LEE New	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Telecommunications TEC

Rural Broadband and Health IT development

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Cousel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
DAVID LEE New	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Veterans VET

Working to improve the implementation and research of the new Office of Rural Health; numerous pieces of legislation to serve rural veterans

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Extension of rural Medicare provisions in health reform, equity in rural provider reimbursement,

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
DAVID LEE New	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for rural health programs within the Budget and Labor-HHS Appropriations Bills

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIEL FERNANDEZ New	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
JONATHAN GARVIN New	Intern, Congressman Leonard Boswell
DAVID LEE New	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett
ERIN MAHN ZUMBRUN New	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Worked with Congressional partners and relevant agencies to support rural health in health reform, workforce issues, health insurance coverage and other health reform concerns. Beginning work to implement reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Cousel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
JONATHAN GARVIN	Intern, Congressman Leonard Boswell
DAVID LEE New	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.