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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2018

Lobbyist name	Anuj Goel
Business name	Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Address	500 District Avenue
City, state, zip code	Burlington, MA 01803
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-262-6034

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $49,844.75

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	488	An Act to increase access to children?s mental health services in the community	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2453	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4360	An Act to establish standards for medical gas piping systems	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3226	An Act relative to timely care and saving lives	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4418	An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	549	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1244	An Act facilitating the provision of telehealth services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3515	An Act requiring notation of do not resuscitate orders on electronic medical records	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2437	An Act to promote team based health care	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2530	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	547	An Act to increase access to children?s mental health services in the community	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2543	An Act creating Autism teams in hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2473	An Act protecting consumers of sign language and oral interpretation and transliteration.	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1245	An Act relative to timely care and saving lives	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive		All regulatory, policy and clinical/operational guidance materials pertaining to healthcare providers pending before the executive branch and other constitutional offices, including: Attorney General’s Office – mental health parity, community benefits, hospital cost reporting, and Medicaid fraud control unit reviews. Department of Public Health – hospital, clinic, and other healthcare provider licensure regulations, quality reporting, changes to provider prescribing and coordination of care for special populations (substance use disorder and others), legislatively mandated clinical committees; Division of Insurance – risk bearing provider organizations, standardized prior authorization forms and other Chapter 224 requirements. Center for Health Information and Analysis - hospital assessment for Center for Health Information and Analysis administrative expenses, all payer claims database, cost reporting, hospital financial reports.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2982	An Act maintaining confidentiality of proprietary information within health care	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1162	An Act relative to preventing death by drug overdose	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1246	An Act relative to health care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1210	An Act relative to the advanced nursing practice	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4605	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1193	An Act relative to emergency and disaster planning for health care providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2403	An Act to limit retroactive denials of health insurance claims for mental health and substance abuse services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1237	An Act to prevent death and disability from stroke	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2208	An Act relative to the scheduling of employees	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4725	An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2180	An Act relative to patient choice to promote prescription safety	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4033	An Act relative to combatting addiction, accessing treatment, reducing prescriptions, and enhancing prevention	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3230	An Act clarifying patient safety procedures	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1199	An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4400	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1214	An Act to enhance access to prescription information and overdose reporting for care coordination	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1070	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3236	An Act creating autism teams in hospitals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4116	An Act relative to Alzheimer’s and related dementias in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2471	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	578	An Act advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2434	An Act to facilitate the provision of telehealth services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3227	An Act relative to do-not-resuscitate orders	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1257	An Act to contain health care costs and improve access to value based nurse practitioner care as recommended by the IOM and FTC	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	527	An Act to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4623	An Act to create a stroke continuum of care	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2542	An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2250	Standards of employee safety	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive		MassHealth – FY18 and FY19 state budget, Medicaid reimbursement/payment methodology for hospitals and individual providers, claims processing system implementation and coding functions, utilization review, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, application and eligibility determination processes, Accountable Care Organization program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, and other Medicaid state program initiatives. Department of Mental Health – mental health parity, MassHealth carve-out coverage, access issues. Division of Insurance – administrative simplification, mental health parity, standardized coding, credentialing, healthcare payment reform, risk requirements. Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector – application and eligibility determination processes, Affordable Care Act innovation waiver.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3239	An Act to improve access to and reporting of pharmacy services in hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1265	An Act relative to public safety and public health worker protections	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1261	An Act relative to medical malpractice	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1266	An Act relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4639	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2469	An Act to enhance access to prescription information and overdose reporting for care coordination	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1093	An Act to further define medical necessity determinations	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2436	An Act to protect patients with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other psychiatric illnesses	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2211	An Act furthering health empowerment and affordability by leveraging transformative health care.	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4470	An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1205	An Act to implement consistent protections for health information	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1219	An Act relative to conducting fetal and infant mortality review	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2446	An Act relative to maintenance of certification	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2457	An Act relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1099	An Act relative to patient choice to promote prescription safety	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	543	An Act to provide equal access to medication assisted treatment	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4113	An Act relative to patient safety and hospital transparency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1167	An Act relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4332	An Act Advancing and Expanding Access to Telemedicine Services	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2404	An Act to improve access to behavioral health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	524	An Act improving access to child and adolescent mental health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4112	An Act relative to patient safety and hospital transparency	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1144	An Act relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2302	An Act to promote a clean energy future	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive		Executive Office of Health and Human Services – health care payment reform, FY18 & FY19 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding, application and eligibility determination processes, Health Safety Net eligible services and payment regulations, Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible program, Medicaid Waiver related issues, and Affordable Care Act innovation waiver. Executive Office of Administration and Finance –FY18 and FY19 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding. Health Policy Commission – Market impact reviews, cost/medical expense calculations and reviews, Intensive Care Unit staffing; registered provider organizations, Patient Centered Medical Home certification, and the out-of-network billing and the Office of Patient Protection Appeals Process.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	614	An Act relative to administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	44	An Act to protect children's mental health services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1221	An Act creating Autism teams in hospitals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2451	An Act to contain health care costs and improve access to value based nurse practitioner care as recommended by the IOM and FTC	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4401	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2019 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activitie...	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2322	An Act relative to emergency and disaster planning for health care providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4315	An Act to limit retroactive denials of health insurance claims for behavioral health and substance abuse services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2442	An Act to create a stroke system of care	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2443	An Act to promote timely physician licensure and credentialing	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2573	Affordable Health Care	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/25/2018	Spilka Committee	Senate, 2nd Middlesex & Norfolk	$200.00
01/26/2018	DeLeo Committee	House, 19th Suffolk	$200.00
04/10/2018	Lewis Committee	Senate, 5th Middlesex	$200.00
04/30/2018	Healey Committee	Attorney General	$200.00
05/17/2018	Jay Gonzalez Committee	Candidate for Governor	$200.00
05/18/2018	MHAPAC	Political Action Committee	$87.50
		Total contributions	$1,087.50

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