Wakefield Act

H.R.479-Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children reauthorization] H.R.914-Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R. 936-National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 H.R.1086-Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2009 H.R.1188-Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 H.R.1253-Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 H.R.1321-Healthy Americans Act H.R.1377/P.L.111-137-To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. H.R.1384-To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing H.R.1386-Pay for all your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2009 H.R.1415-Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 H.R.1468-Medical Justice Act of 2009 H.R.1639-Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009 H.R.1678-Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2009 H.R.1796/S 1216, Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act H.R.1998-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R.3200-America's Affordable Health Choices Act H.R.3590/P.L.111-148-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R.3596-Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 H.R.3950-Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 H.R.3961-Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act H.R.4213-Tax Extenders Act of 2009 H.R.4626-Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act H.R.4691/P.L.111-144-Temporary Extension Act of 2010 H.R.4851-To Provide a Temporary Extension of Certain Programs, and for other purposes S.391-Healthy Americans Act S.408-Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization] S.468-Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 S.733-National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 S.1130-Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 S.1216-Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act S.1681-Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 S.1776-Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 S.1796-America's Healthy Future Act S.1781-Reducing Emergency Department Utilization through Coordination and Empowerment (REDUCE) Act

Client expense: $575,614 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.479-Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children reauthorization] H.R.914-Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R. 936-National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 H.R.1086-Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2009 H.R.1188-Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 H.R.1253-Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 H.R.1321-Healthy Americans Act H.R.1377-To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. H.R.1384-To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing H.R.1386-Pay for all your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2009 H.R.1415-Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 H.R.1468-Medical Justice Act of 2009 H.R.1639-Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009 H.R.1678-Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2009 H.R.1796/S 1216, Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act H.R.1998-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R.3200-America's Affordable Health Choices Act H.R.3596-Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 H.R.3950-Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 H.R.3961-Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act S.391-Healthy Americans Act S.404-Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act S.408-Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization] S.468-Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 S.733-National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 S.1130-Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 S.1216-Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act S.1681-Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 S.1776-Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 S.1796-America's Healthy Future Act S.1781-Reducing Emergency Department Utilization through Coordination and Empowerment (REDUCE) Act

Monitored H.R. 448, Elder Abuse Legislation, Reauthorization of the Wakefield Act, H.R. 479, and reauthorization of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Justice Program, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

S. 408/H.R. 479, Wakefield Act S. 324/H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act H.R. 1246, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009 S.1445, Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education and Awareness Act of 2009 H.R. 3470, Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act S. 621, Congenital Heart Futures Act

Client expense: $53,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R.479 - Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization] H.R.914 - Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R.936 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 H.R.1086 - Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2009 H.R.1188 - Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 H.R.1253 - Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 H.R.1321 - Healthy Americans Act H.R.1377 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. H.R.1384 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing H.R.1386 - Pay for all your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2009 H.R. 1415 - Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 H.R.1468 - Medical Justice Act of 2009 H.R.1639 - Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009 H.R.1678 - Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2009 H.R.1998 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act S.391 - Healthy Americans Act S.404 - Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act S.408 - Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization] S.468 - Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 S.733 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 S.1679 - Affordable Health Choices Act

Client expense: $600,396 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act S. 408/H.R. 479, Wakefield Act S. 324/H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act H.R. 1246, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009 S.1445, Stillbirth and SUID Prevention, Education and Awareness Act of 2009 H.R. 3470, Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 479 - Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children reauthorization] H.R.914 - Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R. 936 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 H.R.1086 - Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2009 H.R.1188 -- Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 H.R.1253 - Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 H.R.1321 - Healthy Americans Act H.R.1377 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes H.R.1384 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing H.R.1415 - Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 H.R.1468 - Medical Justice Act of 2009 H.R.1639 - Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009 H.R.1678 - Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2009 H.R.1998 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 S. 391 - Healthy Americans Act S.404 - Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act S.408 - Wakefield Act [Emergency Medical Services for Children reauthorization] S. 468 - Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 S.733 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 Affordable Health Choices Act (as released by the Senate HELP Committee) To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes (House Draft Health Care Reform Bill)

Client expense: $807,162 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act S. 408/H.R. 479, Wakefield Act S. 324/H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act H.R. 1246, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R.479 - Wakefield Act (Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization) H.R.914 - Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 H.R.936 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009 H.R.1086 - Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2009 H.R.1188 - Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 H.R.1253 - Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 H.R.1321 - Healthy Americans Act H.R.1377 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. H.R.1384 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing. H.R.1415 - Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009 H.R.1468 - Medical Justice Act of 2009 H.R.1678 - Mitigating the Impact of Uncompensated Service and Time Act of 2009 PL111-3 (H.R.2) - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 PL111-16 (H.R.1) - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act S.60 - Wakefield Act S.391 - Healthy Americans Act S.404 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes. S.468 - Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 S.733 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009

Client expense: $568,976 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act S. 408/H.R. 479, Wakefield Act S. 324/H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act H.R. 1246, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

(HR 795/S 686) The Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act: The initiative attempts to address matters of recruitment/retention as it pertains to the social work profession, in addtion to the establishment of a social work commission to study significant problems associated with the profession; (S 336) (Inouye) "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" Issue: Health, health privacy, economic recovery. Support a bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and and creation, infrastructure investment, health information technology and privacy, science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year; HR. 1 (Obey) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Issue: Health, health privacy, economic recovery. Support a bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, health information technology and privacy, science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year; S. 686 (Mikulski) Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act. Issue: Health/Social Work Workforce. Support a bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work; HR. 795 (Towns) Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act. Issue: Health/Social Work Workforce. Support a bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. S. 391 (Wyden/Bennett) The Healthy Americans Act Issues: Health System Reform. Monitor a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR.1321 (Eshoo) The Healthy Americans Act. Issues: Health System Reform. Monitor a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; S. 275 (Baucus) Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. Issues: Health Coverage/Payment for Children and Youth Support a bill making amendments to Medicaid and SCHIP to increase funding and coordination for FY2009 and beyond; HR. 2 (Pallone) Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Issues: Health Coverage/Payment for Children and Youth Support a bill making amendments to Medicaid and SCHIP to increase funding and coordination for FY2009 and beyond; H.R. 795 and S.686, Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act. Support establishing a Social Work Reinvestment Commission to address recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the social work profession. S. 245 and H.R. 468, Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Support efforts to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States. S. 697and H.R. 1721, Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act of 2009. Support efforts to help individuals with functional impairments and their families pay for services and supports that they need to maximize their functionality and independence and have choices about community participation, education, and employment. H.R. 479 and S. 408, Wakefield Act Support the bill to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program for five years. S. 114, National Center for Social Work Research Act Support establishing the National Center for Social Work Research as an agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern. S. 717, 21st Century Cancer ALERT Act Support modernizing cancer research, increasing access to preventative cancer services, providing cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives. S. 647, the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act Support efforts to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.R. 1490, Teri Zenner Social Worker Safety Act Support establishing a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations. H. Res. 240, Social Work Month Resolution Support the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day.

H. 1105 "FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill" - section pertaining to nominal priced prescriptions HR 479/S. 408 "The Wakefield Act" to amend the public Health Service act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children HR 916/S 693 "Preventative Medicine & Public Health Training Act" - entire bill Issues pertaining to health care reform and value-baed insurance design

Client expense: $125,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)