3rd Quarter - Report — LESTER HEALTH LAW PLLC for NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM (2016)

Firm

LESTER HEALTH LAW PLLC

Client

NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM

Income

$69,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act; S. 2689, the REGROW Act; implementation of the Affordable Care Act, implementation of the reauthorization of the CW Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, the REGROW Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: S. 2689 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Coverage and reimbursement for bone marrow/cord blood transplants; Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule; Hospital Inpatient Rule; National Coverage Analysis (NCA) for Stem Cell Transplantation (Sickle Cell Disease, Myelofibrosis, and Multiple Myloema) (CAG-00444R).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Department of Health and Human Services appropriations for the CW Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory; Department of Defense appropriations for the bone marrow program; Food and Drug Administration Appropriations; HHS appropriations for bone marrow and cord blood programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

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.