Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Ambulance Association

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Lobbying firm

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

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  • Implementation of P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Implementation of P.L. 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; issues surrounding GAO and MedPAC reports; Medicare ambulance reimbursement issues; balanced billing; implementation of H.R. 2; Protecting Patient Access to Medications Act (H.R. 304); Non-Emergency Transportation Sustainability and Accountability Act of 2019 (S.228); S. 1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act; H.R. 3630: No Surprises Act; FY 2020 Mil-Con VA and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; H.R. 2887: Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act; COVID-19 issues that impact ambulances and EMS first responders, Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074), and the CARES Act (S. 3548/H.R. 748).; COVID-19 issues that impact ambulances and EMS first responders, Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074), the CARES Act (S. 3548/H.R. 748), the HEROES Act (HR 6800).; COVID-19 issues that impact ambulances and EMS first responders, Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074), the CARES Act (S. 3548/H.R. 748), the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800), and the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act; FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 133).
  • FY 2021 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills; VA provider prompt payment issues; FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 133).

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans, Small Business

Spending: about $1,170,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

H.R.304: Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017

Sponsor: Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

S.967: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2017

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.3236: Ambulance Medicare Budget and Operations Act of 2017

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.3729: Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.745: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.817: Fairness in Ambulance Reimbursement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.4365: Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016

Sponsor: Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

H.R.4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

H.R.4301: Restoration of America's Wire Act

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.5429: SIREN Act of 2018

Sponsor: Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.)

S.2830: SIREN Act of 2018

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.304: La Paz County Land Conveyance Act

Sponsor: Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

S.228: Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Sustainability and Accountability...

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2887: Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

Sponsor: Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)

H.R.3630: No Surprises Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

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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?
Kendall Hussey Sen Health Labor Pension Comm, 05-08
Jeff McMillen Staff dir, H Ways & Means Subcomm on Sel Rev Measures, Mar 01-Mar 04; staff, H Ways & Means Subcom on Oversight, Jun 98-Mar 01
Arshi Siddiqui Sr pol adv & cnsl for Spkr Pelosi, Oct 03-May 09; Ways & Means cnsl, Rep Becerra, 1998-May 00; pol aide, Rep Clayton Clayton, Oct 97-Jan 98
Ed Pagano Advsr, Sen Harkin, 2014; Dep Asst to the President for Leg Affairs and Sen Liaison, Exec Ofc of the President, 2012-14; CoS, Sen Leahy, 2005-11; Sr Cnsl, Sen Judiciary Comm, 1997- 04; Leg Cnsl, Sen Leahy, 1993-96
Lauren O'Brien Dep. CoS, Rep. Geoff Davis, 2011-12; Leg. Dir., Rep. Geoff Davis, 2008-11; Leg. Asst., Rep. Geoff Davis, 2006-08; Leg. Cor., Rep. Geoff Davis, 2005; Int., Rep. Sensenbrenner, 2005.
Brendan Dunn Staff Mbr and Leg Asst to Sen Hatch Judiciary Comm and Sub-Comm, Apr04-May07, Aug07-May08; Special Counsel to Sen Hatch Fin Comm, Jan 11-Dec 12; Policy Adv and Counsel to Sen McConnell Majority Leader staff, Dec 12-May18.
John Jonas n/a
Todd Tuten n/a
Eli Tomar n/a

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.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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