1st Quarter - Report — NATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION for NATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION (2009)

Firm

NATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

Client

NATIONAL PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

Income

—

Expenses

$64,193

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Labor HHS Appropriations: appropriations levels for NIH, NCI, CDC, and AHRQ Labor HHS Appropriations: appropriation for Patient Advocate Foundation VCUP Agriculture Appropriations: appropriations leve for FDA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NANCY DAVENPORT-ENNIS	—
GRAYSON FOWLER	—
AMY WOTRING	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicaid spending, Medicare reimbursement, SCHIP, Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2009, Medicare waiting period

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NANCY DAVENPORT-ENNIS	—
GRAYSON FOWLER	—
AMY WOTRING	—

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Health Issues HCR

preexisting condition legislation, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, right to second opinion, follow-on biologics, medical debt, health care reform, clinical trials, 21st Century Cancer ALERT Act, health information technology, comparative effectiveness research, FDA regulation of tobacco, patient safety & quality improvement, SCHIP, biomedical research, wellness & prevention, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, comprehensive cancer care planning, COBRA premium assistance, Medicaid spending

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NANCY DAVENPORT-ENNIS	—
GRAYSON FOWLER	—
AMY WOTRING	—

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; 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.