4th Quarter - Report

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD for HILL-ROM

Firm
Client
Income
$160,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Medical Device excise tax repeal (H.R. 184); taxation of medical technology; R & D tax credit; corporate tax reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HEIDE BAJNRAUH —
KENDALL BYRUM HUSSEY —
MARTHA KENDRICK —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 184 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Technology research; telemedicine and connected care; remote patient monitoring; implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590/P.L. 111-148); Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872/P.L. 111-152); the Protect Medical Innovation Act (H.R. 184/S. 108); the implementation of The Medicare Access and CHIP re authorization Act (H.R. 2); diabetic retinopathy; Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018; safe patient handling, FDA reform; Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018; H.R.6639 Diabetic Retinopothy Vision Loss and Blindness Prevention Act of 2018

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HEIDE BAJNRAUH —
GORDON HUNTER BATES —
BETH COLLINS —
KENDALL BYRUM HUSSEY —
MARTHA KENDRICK —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 108 (115th), H.R. 184 (115th), H.R. 4872 (115th), H.R. 3590 (115th), H.R. 2 (115th), H.R. 6639 (115th)

Veterans VET

VA Procurement and payment reforms; prompt pay, veterans choice program issues, Care Veterans Deserve Act (H.R. 1152).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARTHA KENDRICK —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1152 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590/Pub. L. 111-148); telemedicine and connected care; remote patient monitoring; Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872/Pub. L. 111-152); Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 (H.R. 184/S. 108); the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP reauthorization Act (H.R. 2); safe patient handling, FDA reform, H.R.6639 Diabetic retinopothy Vision Loss and Blindness Prevention Act of 2018; Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018; Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LOUIS AGNELLO —
HEIDE BAJNRAUH —
GORDON HUNTER BATES —
BETH COLLINS —
KENDALL BYRUM HUSSEY —
MARTHA KENDRICK —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6639 (115th), H.R. 4872 (115th), H.R. 184 (115th), H.R. 2 (115th), S. 108 (115th), H.R. 3590 (115th)

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.