FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS for FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
FCC Rural Broadband Parity - Support investor-owned access to grants under the FCC for rural broadband.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JEFFREY COHEN | — |
| JONATHAN JAGODA | — |
| CHARLES N KAHN | — |
| PAUL KIDWELL | — |
| STEVE SPEIL | — |
| PATRICK VELLIKY | — |
Health Issues HCR
Monitored Congressional Proposals concerning health price transparency. H.R. 1384 - "Medicare For All Act of 2019" - Oppose legislation to impose single payer health care delivery. S.1129 - "A bill to establish a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program" - Oppose legislation to impose single payer health care delivery. H.R. 2000/S.981 - "Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019" - Oppose legislation to impose a Medicare public option. H.R. 728/S.1399 - "Title VIII Nursing Workforce Re-authorization Act of 2019" - Urge support for legislation to provide loan repayment for nurses to practice in any care setting. S. 1895 - "Lower Health Care Costs Act" - Support protecting patients from surprise billing and oppose government rate setting. S.1531 - "Stopping The Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019" - Advocate to protect patients from surprise billing. H.R. 3630 - "No Surprises Act" - Advocate to protect patients from surprise billing. H.R. 3502 - "Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act" - Advocate to protect patients from surprise billing. Telehealth - Supports expanded access to telehealth services and payment parity for such services. H.R. 2328 - Support re-authorization of National Quality Forum. H.R. 3417 - "Health Care Extenders" - Supported legislation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JEFFREY COHEN | — |
| JONATHAN JAGODA | — |
| CHARLES N KAHN | — |
| PAUL KIDWELL | — |
| STEVE SPEIL | — |
| PATRICK VELLIKY | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
H.R. 3062 - "Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019" - Oppose efforts to repeal certain provisions relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. Bad Debt Payments to Hospitals - Oppose any effort to lower bad debt payments to hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries who fail to pay their cost-sharing obligations for treatments provided by the hospital. H.R. 2552 - "Protecting Local Access to Care for Everyone (PLACE) Act" - Support legislation to prevent site neutral cuts. H.R. 506 - "Hospital Competition Act" - Oppose legislation as it adversely affects hospitals. H.R. 1763/ S. 348 - "Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019" - Support GME legislation to reduce resident physician shortage. Support access to affordable prescription drugs. Medicaid DSH - Supported action taken by E&C Committee to rescind and delay Medicaid DSH cuts.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JEFFREY COHEN | — |
| JONATHAN JAGODA | — |
| CHARLES N KAHN | — |
| PAUL KIDWELL | — |
| STEVE SPEIL | — |
| PATRICK VELLIKY | — |
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.