Lobbying Relationship

Client

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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Lobbying firm

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS ) regarding COVID-19 vaccinations; "American Rescue Plan" provisions related to provider relief funding;"COVID-19 Surveillance"; Draft "Cures Act" 2.0
  • Proposed provisions in the draft Build Back Better bill regarding mental health and maternity expanded coverage;340 (b) program guidelines; HRSA community project funding; "Research Investment to Spark the Economy" (RISE) Act; "US Citizenship Act of 2021";
  • CY 2022 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule; FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule; Extension of Medicare Sequester Moratorium; "Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act" (TREAT); "Resident Shortage Reduction Act of 2021"; Drug Pricing; Surprise Billing interim final rule; "Telehealth Modernization Act, (S.368); "Protecting Rural Health Access Act, " (S.1998); Opioid Workforce Act of 2021; "Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021, " (HR. 340)
  • Proposed provisions impacting tax-exempt organizations in the Build Back Better draft bill. "Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act implementation";
  • National Defense Act 0f 2021-2
  • Investing in New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act (HR3864)"2021 Surface Transportation Authorization Legislation" ; Senate Annual Appropriations--Transportation, Housing And Urban Development

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Defense, Transportation, Economics/Economic Development, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $8,080,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Y Y Department of Defense, Y Y Dept. of Commerce, Y Y, Y Y Office of Management and Budget Department of Health and Human Services, Y Y MedPAC Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Y Y Dept. of Transportation

Bills mentioned

S.1148: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.2124: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

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

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.5927: Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jim Renacci (R-Ohio)

S.1676: DOCs for Veterans Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

S.2633: Improving Veterans Access to Care in the Community Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.3879: Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015

Sponsor: Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas)

S.688: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act...

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.1343: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act...

Sponsor: Jim Renacci (R-Ohio)

S.2511: Improving Health Information Technology Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.1622: FDA Device Accountability Act of 2016

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

S.2030: Advancing Targeted Therapies for Rare Diseases Act of 2016

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

S.849: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016

Sponsor: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

S.800: Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research...

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

H.R.2156: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.2450: Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.1250: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

S.1012: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.1920: DSH Reduction Relief Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

H.R.2931: Fairness in Health Care Claims, Guidance, and Investigations Act

Sponsor: Howard Coble (R-N.C.)

S.1965: Startup Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.1855: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.4872: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain non-toric shaped polarized...

Sponsor: John Campbell (R-Calif.)

H.R.1326: Furthering International Nuclear Safety Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

H.R.1326: Great Ape Protection Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

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.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

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

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.6760: Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.6378: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

Sponsor: Susan Brooks (R-Ind.)

H.R.7217: IMPROVE Act

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

S.1379: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.2328: Reauthorizing and Extending America’s Community Health Act

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

H.R.3630: No Surprises Act

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

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1994: Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

S.1667: Tax Relief for Student Success Act

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

H.R.3300: Economic Mobility Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

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

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

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.368: Telehealth Modernization Act

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

S.1998: Safeguarding American Tourism Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.340: Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2021

Sponsor: Marc Veasey (D-Texas)

H.R.3864: Oyster Conservation Act

Sponsor: Anthony Brown (D-Md.)

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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?
Joanne C. Ruhland Patton Boggs Lobbying Firm
Vice President Gov't Relations n/a
expenses of $130,000 including payment to n/a
Patton Boggs n/a
expenses of $160,000 including payment to n/a
expenses of $145,000 including payment to n/a
Vice President Gov't Realtions n/a
expenses of $140,000 includes payment to n/a
Jimmy Broughton n/a
Joanne Ruhland 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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