4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

Period 4th Quarter 2011 Filed Jan 20, 2012 Signed by Mark Parkinson, President and CEO

Official filing
Firm
AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION
Client
AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$480,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Immigration IMM

To provide comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP Policy and Government Relations
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Pharmacy PHA

S.1560: Nursing Home Resident Pain Relief Act of 2011. P.L. 111-148: Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act: Short cycle dispensing issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Bills named: S. 1560 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

P. L. 111-148: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Torts TOR

H.R. 5: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost. Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011. S. 218: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011. H.R. 816: Provider Shield Act of 2011.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Government Relations
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots & Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th), S. 218 (112th), H.R. 816 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 218: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011. S. 89: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 910: Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. H.R. 4: Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011. H.R. 674: A bill that would repeal the 3% withholding mandate which will require federal, state, and local governments withholding 3% of nearly all of their contract payments, including Medicare payments. H.R. 705: Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011. S. 164: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 144: Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011. S. 72: Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011. S. 1726: A bill introduced by McConnell to repeal 3% withholding tax. S. 1720: Jobs Through Growth Act. H.R. 3630: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy & Government Relations
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Bills named: H.R. 705 (112th), S. 1720 (112th), S. 164 (112th), S. 89 (112th), S. 72 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.R. 674 (112th), H.R. 144 (112th), S. 1726 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 910 (112th), S. 218 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

P.L. 111-148: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 1: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. H.R. 5: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (Health) Act of 2011 H.R. 636: Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2011. S. 218: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011. H.J. Res. 44: Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011. H.J. Res. 48: Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011. S. 1560: Nursing Home Resident Pain Relief Act of 2011.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
KARL POLZER NCAL Senior Policy Director
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Bills named: S. 1560 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.J.Res. 48 (112th), H.R. 636 (112th), H.J.Res. 44 (112th), S. 218 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

P.L. 111-148: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. S: 218: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011. H.R. 5: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (Health) Act of 2011. . S. 668: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act. H.R. 1: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. H.J. Res. 44: Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011. H.J. Res. 48: Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011. S. 818: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. H.R. 1543: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. S. 868: State Flexibility Act. H.R. 1683: State Flexibility Act, introduced on May 3, 2011 by Rep. Phil Gingrey. A bill to restore the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal Government in managing the Medicaid program. H.R. 2032: To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits by federally-funded entities involving such residents and in Department of Justice actions that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility. H.R. 1546: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2011. S. 829: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2011. __ Continued monitoring Post Acute Care Payment and Reform issues (site neutrality) house side. S. 1486: Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2011. H.R. 3587: Fair Pay to Medicaid Providers Act of 2011. .

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
KARL POLZER NCAL Senior Policy Director
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations &Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Bills named: H.J.Res. 48 (112th), H.R. 2032 (112th), S. 829 (112th), S. 818 (112th), S. 1486 (112th), S. 868 (112th), H.J.Res. 44 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 1543 (112th), H.R. 1683 (112th), S. 668 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 1546 (112th), H.R. 3587 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Administration' s FY 1012 Budget Proposal. H.Con.Res. 34: Fiscal 2012 House Budget Resolution.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
KARL POLZER NCAL Senior Policy Director
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 34 (112th)

Insurance INS

P.L.111-148: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

Science/Technology SCI

Supporting the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology by the long term and post acute care providers.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STACIE AMAN Senior Director, Political Affairs
TERESA CAGNOLATTI Senior Director, Public Policy
JEFF M MYERS Senior VP of Policy and Government Relations
KARL POLZER NCAL Senior Policy Director
MARYANNE SAPIO Senior Director,Government Relations & Advocacy
MATTHEW SMYTH Director, Grassroots and Member Advocacy
KIM ZIMMERMAN Senior Director, Government Relations

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

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