What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issue: H-1B visa numerical cap exemptions for non-profit teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools.
Contacted: White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
S. 23/H.R. 1249, The America Invents Act. Issue: Preserve intellectual property rights for medical schools and teaching hospitals, support first-inventor-to-file patent reform, oppose expansion of the prior user rights defense.
Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Bills named:
S. 23 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th)
S. 23/H.R. 1249, The America Invents Act. Issue: Preserve intellectual property rights for medical schools and teaching hospitals, support first-inventor-to-file patent reform, oppose expansion of the prior user rights defense.
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Bills named:
S. 23 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th)
No activity.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps.
Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Issue: FY 2012 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Research and Research Infrastructure.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Medical student loans reform bill proposal. Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Issue: Support the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research.
Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Issue: Medicare Physician Payment Reform
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Issue: To preserve Medicare Indirect Graduate Medical Education (IME) payments to teaching hospitals.
Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
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