4th Quarter - Report — NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION for NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION (2010)

Firm

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION

Client

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION

Income

—

Expenses

$10,522

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Telecommunications TEC

Rural Broadband and Health IT development

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Cousel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Health Issues HCR

Worked with Congressional partners and relevant agencies to support rural health in health reform, workforce issues, health insurance coverage and other health reform concerns. Beginning work to implement reform.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Cousel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
JONATHAN GARVIN	Intern, Congressman Leonard Boswell

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Veterans VET

Working to improve the implementation and research of the new Office of Rural Health; numerous pieces of legislation to serve rural veterans

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Pharmacy PHA

Support for 340B drug program, expansion in health reform, and implementation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for rural health programs within the Budget and Labor-HHS Appropriations Bills

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIEL FERNANDEZ New	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee
JONATHAN GARVIN New	Intern, Congressman Leonard Boswell

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Extension of rural Medicare provisions in health reform, equity in rural provider reimbursement,

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DANIEL FERNANDEZ	Investigative Assistant, Senate Aging Committee

Contacted: SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

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.