1st Quarter - Report

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY for OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$70,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Adequacy of health care workforce associated with expansion of health care coverage; Reauthorization of Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Veterans VET

Access to care for veterans and physician workforce issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Maintaining the current charitable tax deduction.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Protecting innovators from frivolous patent lawsuits.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Pharmacy PHA

340b Drug Discount Program for safety net hospitals.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Preventing reductions to Medicare physician payment and reforming the sustainable growth rate formula: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (HR 2); Preventing cuts to Medicare Graduate Medical Education and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments; Preventing reductions to Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient PPS Payments; Provider reimbursements for end of life care counseling; Additional Medicare support for Medicare Graduate Medical Education by expanding Medicare resident limits; Allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists to certify home health services for Medicare patients: "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 578); Medicare payment for short hospital stays; Preventing reductions to the Medicaid program including the provider tax; Improvements to the Medicaid program for medically complex children, "Advancing Care for Exceptional Children Act of 2015" (HR 546/S 298).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 546 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2016 funding for: NIH, Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Centers for Disease Control, National Science Foundation, Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality, Healthcare Resources and Services Administration, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Maternal Child Health Bureau, NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System, USGS Columbia River program, Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of Defense Health Research and funding for lung injury research, spinal cord injury and vaccine development for malaria, dengue virus and chikungunya virus. Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on federal funding for research.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Animals ANI

Use of animals in biomedical research.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Impact of Budget Control Act of 2011's Sequestration on medical research; Use of animals in biomedical research; Moving medical research from bench to bedside more quickly including: greater sharing of research data, reducing administrative burden on medical researchers, streamlining clinical trials, increasing flexibility in the FDAs approval processes for drugs and devices tied with additional post-market evaluation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LYNNE DAVIS BOYLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.