Lobbying Relationship

Client

HealthSouth Corporation

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Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Monitor issues related to inpatient rehabilitation facilities and post acute care; implementation of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act as it relates to post acute care payments; and CMS proposed cuts in payment for outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services under Medicare.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $660,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

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

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

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.)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

S.295: Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.4105: Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

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

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

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

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Stacy Stordahl Sr Policy Adv, Senate Special Comm on Aging Legislative Director, Rep. Betty McCollum Senior Legislative Asst, Rep. Tammy Baldwin Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ron Kind Staff Assistant, Senator Donald Riegle, Jr. Sr. Advisor, Senate Special Comm on Aging Sr. Advisor, Senate Special Committee on Aging
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan

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.

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

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