1st Quarter - Report — THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOC… for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOC… (2011)

Firm

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)

Client

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)

Income

—

Expenses

$120,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

NONE

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Welfare WEL

None

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

None

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Education EDU

No bill#: Support of occupational therapy and early intervening funds included in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Insurance INS

No bill: Advocated for coverage of occupational therapy under the required rehabilitation, habilitation and devices category of exchange plans.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

No bill: Advocated regarding the benefits package for exchange health plans. Promoted coverage of occupational therapy and for broad definition of habilitation. No Bill: Advocated for inclusion of occupational theapy as a mental health profession in the National Health Services Corps.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

No bill#: General support of health and mental health programs. No bill#: Opposing cuts in Federal Medicaid spending.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

No bill#: Medicare Part B Therapy Cap - advocate for removal of cap on occupational therapy services. No bill#: Medicare home health benefit - advocate for making occupational therapy an initiating service. No bill: MPPR - advocated for separation of occupational therapy from physical therapy/speech language pathology in applicaiton of MPPR policy. No bill: Advocated for exclusion of occuaptional therapy from any additional accreditation requirements for provision of orthotics/prosthetics.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RALPH ERIC KOHL	—
CHRISTINA A METZLER	—
TIM P NANOF	—

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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.

THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA) for THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. (AOTA)