2nd Quarter - Report — AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (2019)

Firm

AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$180,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Veterans VET

Lobbied to improve the process and timeliness of VA reimbursement of emergency ambulance services. Lobbied on the Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Services Act (H.R. 485) and FY2020 Mil-Con VA Appropriations Bill.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RUTH HAZDOVAC	Legislative Assistant, Congressman Devin Nunes
TRISTAN NORTH	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 485 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

Educated on balance billing in regard to ground ambulance services and local requirements and rate controls. Lobbied on the Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act (S. 1266) and the Lower Health Care Costs Act (S. 1895).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RUTH HAZDOVAC	Legislative Assistant, Congressman Devin Nunes
TRISTAN NORTH	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1895 (116th), S. 1266 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Lobbied on increases to rates under the Medicare ambulance fee schedule and improvements on Medicare and Medicaid policies on ambulance services including CMMI pilot programs and a cost data collection system. Lobbied on the Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Sustainability and Accountability (NEATSA) Act of 2019 (S. 228, H.R. 3201).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RUTH HAZDOVAC	Legislative Assistant, Congressman Devin Nunes
TRISTAN NORTH	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 228 (116th), H.R. 3201 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Lobbied for changes to the public safety officers benefit (PSOB) program. Lobbied on the Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act (H.R. 2887)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TRISTAN NORTH	—

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2887 (116th)

Foreign entities

Foreign owners and affiliates the filer disclosed. Amounts are as declared on this filing.

Entity	Country	Principal place of business	Ownership	Contribution declared
INTEREL HOLDINGS, SA/NV	Belgium	Belgium	—	—

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.