4th Quarter - Report

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES

Period 4th Quarter 2013 Filed Jan 17, 2014 Signed by Sheila J. Kalkunte, Esq., Assistant General Counsel

Official filing
Firm
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES
Client
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES
Income
—
Expenses
$20,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Insurance INS

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act study

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRAIG A HANNA —

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Retirement RET

Issue re: GAAP consistency with pension funding rules in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21); measuring pension obligations of defined-benefit pension plans using solvency value and/or budget value; Multiemployer pension programs; lifetime income; social security, and pension funding rules; PPA of 2006 sunset rules; Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility of 2013 (S. 1302); and hybrid plans.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ZACKERIA BEAU BAILEY —
DONALD FUERST —
DAVID MICHAEL GOLDFARB —
CRAIG A HANNA —
WILLIAM RAPP —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1302 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Implications of delaying individual mandate, open enrollment, and changing rules re: insurance cancellations of Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA risk-sharing mechanisms, temporary risk corridors, and transitional reinsurance programs; proposed changes to actuarial value calculator and methodology; proposed changes to Unified Rate Review Template for quarterly 2014 and annual 2015 filings and related actuarial memorandum instructions; issues around premium-stabilization programs, and new taxes and fees.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ZACKERIA BEAU BAILEY —
CRAIG A HANNA —
HEATHER JERBI —
CORI UCCELLO —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues re: Accountable Care Organizations and Medicare competitive bidding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ZACKERIA BEAU BAILEY —
CORI UCCELLO —

Contacted: SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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.