The American Health Care Act and other legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
Duration: January 1, 2015
to
June 30, 2017
General Issues: Health Issues , Medicare/Medicaid
Spending: about $80,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)
It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.
Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Lobbyists
Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.
Lobbyist
Covered positions?
Kyle Mulroy
Legislative Assistant, former Sen. Torricelli
Legislative Assistant, former Sen Torricelli
Legislative Assistant, former Sen. Torricellu
Disclosures Filed
Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.
2nd Quarter, 2017
In Q2, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $10,000. The report was filed on July 17, 2017.
Original Filing: 300885864.xml
Lobbying Issues
The American Health Care Act and other legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
2nd Quarter, 2017
WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING terminated an engagement in which they represented Trinitas Regional Medical Center on July 17, 2017.
Original Filing: 300885871.xml
Lobbying Issues
The American Health Care Act and other legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
4th Quarter, 2016
In Q4, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $10,000. The report was filed on Jan. 16, 2017.
Original Filing: 300846532.xml
Lobbying Issues
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs including the Medicare Audit Improvement Act; opposition to the Two-Midnight admissions policy; reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program including the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions program Act; 340B Drug Discount Program; New Jersey Medicaid Gainsharing Initiative; Medicare sequestration; legislation to alter Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, efforts to eliminate Medicare Sequestration, efforts to oppose site-neutral Medicare, payments, S.524 the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, implementation of the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act, the Hospital Compare Star Rating System, Stark Law reform, H.R. 5273 - the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
3rd Quarter, 2016
In Q3, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $10,000. The report was filed on Oct. 16, 2016.
Original Filing: 300828335.xml
Lobbying Issues
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs including the Medicare Audit Improvement Act; opposition to the Two-Midnight admissions policy; reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program including the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions program Act; 340B Drug Discount Program; New Jersey Medicaid Gainsharing Initiative; Medicare sequestration; legislation to alter Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, efforts to eliminate Medicare Sequestration, efforts to oppose site-neutral Medicare payments, S.524 the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, implementation of the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act, the Hospital Compare Star Rating System, Stark Law reform, H.R. 5273 - the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2016
In Q2, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $10,000. The report was filed on July 17, 2016.
Original Filing: 300811017.xml
Lobbying Issues
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs including the Medicare Audit Improvement Act; opposition to the Two-Midnight admissions policy; reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program including the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions program Act; 340B Drug Discount Program; New Jersey Medicaid Gainsharing Initiative; Medicare sequestration; legislation to alter Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, efforts to eliminate Medicare Sequestration, efforts to oppose site-neutral Medicare payments, S.524 the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, implementation of the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act, the Hospital Compare Star Rating System, Stark Law reform, H.R. 5273 - the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
1st Quarter, 2016
In Q1, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $10,000. The report was filed on April 18, 2016.
Original Filing: 300793408.xml
Lobbying Issues
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs including the Medicare Audit Improvement Act; opposition to the Two-Midnight admissions policy; reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; post-acute care payment reform including certain reimbursement policies including the face-to-face requirement and site-neutral payment policies; the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program including the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions program Act; 340B Drug Discount Program; New Jersey Medicaid Gainsharing Initiative; Medicare sequestration; proposed outpatient cuts for CY 2016; value based purchasing program for Post Acute Care; and the Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement payment model; medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to new jersey hospitals
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4th Quarter, 2015
In Q4, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $10,000. The report was filed on Jan. 19, 2016.
Original Filing: 300774883.xml
Lobbying Issues
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs including the Medicare Audit Improvement Act; opposition to the Two-Midnight admissions policy; reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; post-acute care payment reform including certain reimbursement policies including the face-to-face requirement and site-neutral payment policies; the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program including the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions program Act; 340B Drug Discount Program; New Jersey Medicaid Gainsharing Initiative; Medicare sequestration; proposed outpatient cuts for CY 2016; value based purchasing program for Post Acute Care; and the Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement payment model; medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to new jersey hospitals
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2015
In Q3, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center . The report was filed on Oct. 16, 2015.
Original Filing: 300754838.xml
Lobbying Issues
Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other Medicare audit programs including the Medicare Audit Improvement Act; opposition to the Two-Midnight admissions policy; reductions in Medicare funding to teaching hospitals for medical education; post-acute care payment reform including certain reimbursement policies including the face-to-face requirement and site-neutral payment policies; the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program including the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions program Act; 340B Drug Discount Program; New Jersey Medicaid Gainsharing Initiative; Medicare sequestration; proposed outpatient cuts for CY 2016; value based purchasing program for Post Acute Care; and the Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement payment model; medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to new jersey hospitals.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2015
In Q2, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center , earning $20,000. The report was filed on July 14, 2015.
Original Filing: 300733844.xml
Lobbying Issues
Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to New Jersey hospitals.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
1st Quarter, 2015
In Q1, WASHINGTON STRATEGIC CONSULTING lobbied for Trinitas Regional Medical Center . The report was filed on April 20, 2015.
Original Filing: 300725938.xml
Lobbying Issues
Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments to New Jersey hospitals.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate