Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Duration: July 1, 2013
to
December 31, 2013
General Issues: Health Issues , Medicare/Medicaid , Budget/Appropriations
Spending: about $150,000 (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 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives
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?
Jeff Forbes
Staff Director, Senate Finance Committee
Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus
Deputy Asst, Special Asst, Deputy Director EOP
Libby Greer
Chief of Staff, Rep. Allen Boyd
Zachary Williams
n/a
Ryan Welch
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.
4th Quarter, 2013
Forbes-Tate terminated an engagement in which they represented ASC Advocacy Committee on Feb. 25, 2014.
Original Filing: 300630772.xml
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2013
In Q4, Forbes-Tate lobbied for ASC Advocacy Committee , earning $50,000. The report was filed on Jan. 16, 2014.
Original Filing: 300617073.xml
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2013
In Q3, Forbes-Tate lobbied for ASC Advocacy Committee , earning $50,000. The report was filed on Jan. 6, 2014.
Original Filing: 300611562.xml
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
3rd Quarter, 2013
Forbes-Tate filed a lobbying registration on July 29, 2013 to represent ASC Advocacy Committee, effective July 1, 2013.
Original Filing: 300587999.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S.1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropriation issues; H.R. 933 -
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599). .
2nd Quarter, 2013
In Q2, Forbes-Tate lobbied for ASC Advocacy Committee , earning $50,000. The report was filed on Jan. 6, 2014.
Original Filing: 300611535.xml
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid
Lobbying Issues
Issues related to outpatient surgery centers and reimbursement and transparency; Issues related to Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500/S. 1137); Appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 and appropiation issues; H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 [PL 113-6], and Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (112th Congress H.R. 3070/S. 1599).
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate