3rd Quarter - Report — NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION for NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION (2011)

Firm

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION

Client

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCATION

Income

—

Expenses

$11,424

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
DAVID LEE	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett

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

Immigration IMM

Lobbying on border health issues, funding for the the US-Mexico Border Health Commission.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY New	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DAVID LEE	Legislative Correspondent, Senator Bob Bennett
ERIN MAHN ZUMBRUN New	—
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN New	—

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

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
JONATHAN GARVIN	Intern, Congressman Leonard Boswell
DAVID LEE	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett
ERIN MAHN ZUMBRUN New	—
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN New	—

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); 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
DAVID LEE	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett
ERIN MAHN ZUMBRUN New	—
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN New	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; 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
MAGGIE ELEHWANY New	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
JONATHAN GARVIN	Intern, Congressman Leonard Boswell
DAVID LEE	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett
ERIN MAHN ZUMBRUN New	—
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN New	—

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

Pharmacy PHA

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MAGGIE ELEHWANY	Counsel, Senator Lisa Murkowski
DAVID LEE	Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Robert Bennett

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

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.