Lobbying Relationship

Client

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

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Lobbying firm

THE MCMANUS GROUP

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  • Increased patient access and reimbursement to procedures in ambulatory surgical centers including in H.R. 972/S. 312 - Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2023. Site neutrality provisions including in H.R. 3561, the Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act of 2023 or the PATIENT Act of 2023. H.R.5378 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act S.3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023
  • H.R. 5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. S.3430 - Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 S.3548 - Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Small Business, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Torts

Spending: about $3,320,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Treasury - Dept of, Small Business Administration (SBA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Senate,

Affiliated organizations: Ambulatory Surgery Center Ass'n; Surgical Care Affiliates; AmSurg; United Surgical Partners International; Symbion

Bills mentioned

S.1001: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.1838: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.1453: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

S.2071: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.887: Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.1347: Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

H.R.34: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.5273: Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.2425: Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.1137: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.1331: Electronic Health Records Improvement Act

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

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

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

H.R.2500: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

S.1871: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.2810: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.959: Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.2108: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011

Sponsor: Pete Sessions (R-Texas)

S.1173: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.2049: Ambulatory Surgical Center Access Act of 2009

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4: Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy...

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.R.5: Protecting Access to Healthcare Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

H.R.2029: National Marine Mammal Research Program Act of 2009

Sponsor: Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)

H.R.4803: Patients' Right to Know Act

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

H.R.6138: ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.3429: HEARTS and Rural Relief Act

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

H.R.4350: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.3085: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3559: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.6365: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

H.R.7010: Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020

Sponsor: Dean Phillips (D-Minn.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

H.R.5818: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.3132: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.610: Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

H.R.6143: Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act

Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)

H.R.972: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2023

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

S.312: Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.3561: PATIENT Act of 2023

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.4822: Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

S.3548: Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained...

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

S.3430: Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
John McManus Staff Director, Ways and Means Health Subcmte Staff Director W&M Health Subcommittee; LA, Rep. Bill Thomas
Nick Shipley Legislative Director, Rep. Jay Inslee
ALANNA TEMME LD, Rep. Jon Porter.
Michael Lee n/a
Barrett Thornhill n/a
Christina Gervasi n/a
Chase Thomas n/a
Lindsay Bealor n/a
Christina Hochul n/a
William Rhyne n/a
Paul Cronan n/a
Lawren Geer n/a
Alex Whalen 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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