AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th Quarter - Report | Jan 20, 2009 | $365,000 | Replaced |
| 4th Quarter - Amendment (this page) | May 17, 2011 | $365,000 | Yes |
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Science/Technology SCI
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM STUART BURNS | — |
| JERONE DINKINS | — |
| CHRISTY GILMOUR | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| LINDSAY LAW | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| CHARLENE MACDONALD | — |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM STUART BURNS | — |
| JERONE DINKINS | — |
| CHRISTY GILMOUR | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| LINDSAY LAW | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| CHARLENE MACDONALD | — |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM STUART BURNS | — |
| JERONE DINKINS | — |
| CHRISTY GILMOUR | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| LINDSAY LAW | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| CHARLENE MACDONALD | — |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Health Issues HCR
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM STUART BURNS | — |
| JERONE DINKINS | — |
| CHRISTY GILMOUR | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| LINDSAY LAW | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| CHARLENE MACDONALD | — |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
Insurance INS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WILLIAM STUART BURNS | — |
| JERONE DINKINS | — |
| CHRISTY GILMOUR | — |
| ROBERT JASAK | — |
| JEANIE KENNEDY | — |
| LINDSAY LAW | — |
| DAVID LOVETT | — |
| CHARLENE MACDONALD | — |
| ERIN RANSFORD | — |
| JACQUELINE ROCHE | — |
| CYNTHIA SYKES | — |
| KATRINA WALLACE | — |
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.