1st 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.

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act; S. 2689, the REGROW Act; implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHLEEN LESTER	—

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

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

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

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.