To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes.

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance; implementation of regulation providing minimum wage and overtime for home care workers and opposing efforts to overturn this regulation. Supporting regulations to implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces and Paid Sick Leave Executive Orders. Advocating for adequate labor and employment protections for on-demand economy workers. Opposing Overtime Reform and Enforcement Act; opposing appropriations riders attempting to block the new overtime regulations; opposing COngressinal Review Act attempts to block the new overtime regulation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

P.L. 111-148/H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; P.L. 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; S. 298/H.R. 546, ACE Kids Act; 340B issues, Stark reform issues; LTCH criteria/Site Neutral Payment for Wound Cases (H.R. 1250/S. 1211).

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 3298 Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) S 2108 Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 (all sections) S 1211 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) HR 1250 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) S 202 Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception (all sections) HR 1458 BACPAC (Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care) Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 3037 Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2196 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Title II, Sec 202 - Therapy Cap Exceptions Process; Title IV, Sec 411 - PAC pay for; Title V, Sec 513 - Home health surety bond) S. 1650 Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) S. 2368 Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections) HR. 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Title II, Section 231 - LTAC Wound Criteria; Title V, Section 504 - HH Disposable Devices) HR 4725 Common Sense Savings Act of 2016 - Section 4, Extending previous Medicaid Threshold Applied for Determining Acceptable Provider Taxes HR 4725 Common Sense Savings Act of 2016 - Section 4, Extending previous Medicaid Threshold Applied for Determining Acceptable Provider Taxes S.3107 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the application of the Medicare long-term care hospital site neutral provisions for certain spinal cord specialty hospitals (all sections) H.R.5559 - To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) (all sections) H.R.5273 - Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (TITLE 1, (Sec. 104) With respect to long-term care hospitals, the bill lifts a moratorium on bed increases. The bill reduces rates for high-cost outlier payments, which are additional Medicare payments made in extraordinarily high-cost cases.) HR 5688 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the application of the Medicare long-term care hospital site neutral provisions for certain spinal cord specialty hospitals (all sections) S.3096 - Removing Barriers to Person-Centered Care Act of 2016 (all sections) S. 3130 - Independence at Home Act of 2016 (all sections)

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance; implementation of regulation providing minimum wage and overtime for home care workers and opposing efforts to overturn this regulation. Supporting regulations to implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces and Paid Sick Leave Executive Orders. Advocating for adequate labor and employment protections for on-demand economy workers. Opposing Overtime Reform and Enforcement Act; opposing appropriations riders attempting to block the new overtime regulations; opposing COngressinal Review Act attempts to block the new overtime regulation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

P.L. 111-148/H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; P.L. 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; S. 298/H.R. 546, ACE Kids Act; 340B issues, Stark reform issues; LTCH criteria/Site Neutral Payment for Wound Cases (H.R. 1250/S. 1211).

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 3298 Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) S 2108 Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 (all sections) S 1211 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) HR 1250 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) S 202 Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception (all sections) HR 1458 BACPAC (Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care) Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 3037 Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2196 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Title II, Sec 202 - Therapy Cap Exceptions Process; Title IV, Sec 411 - PAC pay for; Title V, Sec 513 - Home health surety bond) S. 1650 Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) S. 2368 Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections) HR. 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Title II, Section 231 - LTAC Wound Criteria; Title V, Section 504 - HH Disposable Devices) HR 4725 Common Sense Savings Act of 2016 - Section 4, Extending previous Medicaid Threshold Applied for Determining Acceptable Provider Taxes HR 4725 Common Sense Savings Act of 2016 - Section 4, Extending previous Medicaid Threshold Applied for Determining Acceptable Provider Taxes S.3107 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the application of the Medicare long-term care hospital site neutral provisions for certain spinal cord specialty hospitals (all sections) H.R.5559 - To amend section 1206 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to clarify the application of rules on the calculation of hospital length of stay to certain moratorium-excepted long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) (all sections) H.R.5273 - Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (TITLE 1, (Sec. 104) With respect to long-term care hospitals, the bill lifts a moratorium on bed increases. The bill reduces rates for high-cost outlier payments, which are additional Medicare payments made in extraordinarily high-cost cases.) S.3096 - Removing Barriers to Person-Centered Care Act of 2016 (all sections)

- HR 1250/S 1211- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes - Patient criteria for long-term care hospitals - The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or IMPACT Act of 2014 (H.R. 4994) - S.2108 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of certain long-term care hospital payment rules and the moratorium on the establishment of certain hospitals and facilities.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 3298 Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) S 2108 Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 (all sections) S 1211 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) HR 1250 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) S 202 Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception (all sections) HR 1458 BACPAC (Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care) Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 3037 Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2196 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Title II, Sec 202 - Therapy Cap Exceptions Process; Title IV, Sec 411 - PAC pay for; Title V, Sec 513 - Home health surety bond) S. 1650 Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) S. 2368 Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections) HR. 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Title II, Section 231 - LTAC Wound Criteria; Title V, Section 504 - HH Disposable Devices) HR. 4725 Common Sense Savings Act of 2016 - Section 4, Extending Previous Medicaid Threshold Applied for Determining Acceptable Provider Taxes

Client expense: $627,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance; implementation of regulation providing minimum wage and overtime for home care workers and opposing efforts to overturn this regulation. Supporting regulations to implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces and Paid Sick Leave Executive Orders. Advocating for adequate labor and employment protections for on-demand economy workers.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance; implementation of regulation providing minimum wage and overtime for home care workers and opposing efforts to overturn this regulation. Supporting regulations to implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Advocating for adequate labor and employment protections for on-demand economy workers.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

S. 2108, Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 H.R. 1250/S. 1211, Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds S. 202, Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception H.R. 441, To provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care hospital moratorium exception.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

- HR 1250/S 1211- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes - Patient criteria for long-term care hospitals - The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or IMPACT Act of 2014 (H.R. 4994)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 3298 Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) S 2108 Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 (all sections) S 1211 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) HR 1250 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) S 202 Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception (all sections) HR 1458 BACPAC (Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care) Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 3037 Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2196 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Title II, Sec 202 - Therapy Cap Exceptions Process; Title IV, Sec 411 - PAC pay for; Title V, Sec 513 - Home health surety bond) S. 1650 Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) S. 2368 Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections) HR. 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Title II, Section 231 - LTAC Wound Criteria; Title V, Section 504 - HH Disposable Devices)

Client expense: $543,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance; implementation of regulation providing minimum wage and overtime for home care workers and opposing efforts to overturn this regulation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

H.R. 3298, Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 S. 2108, Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 H.R. 1250/S. 1211, Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds S. 202, Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception H.R. 1458, BACPAC (Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care) Act of 2015 H.R. 3037, Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 2196, Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 1650, Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

- HR 1250/S 1211- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes - Patient criteria for long-term care hospitals

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 3298 Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) S 2108 Preserving Access to Post-Acute Hospital Care Act of 2015 (all sections) S 1211 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) HR 1250 Temporary exception to site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (all sections) S 202 Technical change to the Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital moratorium exception (all sections) HR 1458 BACPAC (Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care) Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 3037 Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2196 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Title II, Sec 202 - Therapy Cap Exceptions Process; Title IV, Sec 411 - PAC pay for; Title V, Sec 513 - Home health surety bond) S. 1650 Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections

Client expense: $326,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

H.R. 1179/S 569 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 (observation stay) H.R. 713/S 367 Medicare Access to Rehabilitative Services Act of 2013 (all sections) H.R. 4994/S 2553 Improving Medicare Post Acute Transformation Act of 2014 (all sections) H.R. 647/S 313 Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2013 (all sections) S 1871 Medicare Payment for Therapy Services SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, Title II, Section 202 H.R. 5110 SAVE Medicare Home Health Act of 2014 (all sections) H.R. 3245 Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act (all sections) H.R. 5780 Protecting the Integrity of the Medicare Act of 2014, Sec 15 Modification of Medicare Home Health Surety Bond Condition of Participation Requirement H.R. 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (all sections) H.R. 1458 BACPAC of 2015 (all sections) H.R. 1250/S 1211 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes (all sections) H.R. 2208 Hospice CARE (all sections) H.R. 6 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 2196/S 971 Medicare Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act of 2015 (all sections) H.R. 441/S 202 To provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care hsopital moratorium exception (all sections) S 1549 Care Planning Act of 2015 (all sections) Other Issues Related to Post-Acute Care Policy

Client expense: $412,000 · Firm income: Not reported

- Develop and submit comments in response to FY 2016 Proposed Rule for Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2016 Rates; Revisions of Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers, Including Changes Related to the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - HR 1250 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes - Patient criteria for long-term care hospitals

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Raising the federal minimum wage (S. 1150, HR 1250); enforcement of the wage and hour laws; updated overtime regulations; trade adjustment assistance

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

- HR 1250 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes - Patient criteria for long-term care hospitals

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2) Protect hospital reimbursement in SGR repeal bills To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that payment under the Medicare program to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds, and for other purposes. (H.R. 1250)

Client expense: $12,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE