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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014

Lobbyist name	Karen Granoff
Business name	Massachusetts Hospital Association
Address	5 New England Executive Park
City, state, zip code	Burlington, MA 01803
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-262-6035

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Hospital Association

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $13,594.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	948	An Act To Expand Coverage And Access To Behavioral Health Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4081	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	889	An Act To Define The Use Of Observation Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4069	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	862	An Act Relative To The Use And Payment Of Ambulance Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4217	An Act Making Certain Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015 Before Final Action on the General Appropriation Bill	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1002	An Act Relative to Enhancing Access to Mental Health Treatment	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2160	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 for the Maintenance of the Departments Boards Commissions Institutions and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth for interest sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	436	An Act Relative To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3704	An Act Relative to Enhancing Access to Mental Health Treatment	Support	$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, legislatively mandated clinical committees. Center for Health Information and Analysis –, hospital assessment for CHIA administrative expenses, all payer claims database, cost reporting, hospital financial reports (114.1 CMR 42.00)	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	542	An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4049	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	863	An Act Relative To Payment For Use Of Ambulance Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4242	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 for the maintenance of the Departments Boards Commissions Institutions and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth for interest sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	960	An Act To Prevent Inappropriate Denials For Medically Necessary Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3867	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	841	An Act Related To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive		MassHealth – FY14 Supplemental and FY15 state budget, healthcare provider Medicaid rates, claims processing system implementation and coding functions, utilization review, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, Health Safety Net funding and claims processing, eligibility determination processes, national health reform implementation, 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.	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	470	An Act Related To Insurer Reserve Requirements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3903	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	571	An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4000	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 for the Maintenance of the Departments Boards Commissions Institutions and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth for interest sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1042	An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4001	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 for the Maintenance of the Departments Boards Commissions Institutions and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth for interest sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	553	An Act to Increase Health Insurer Transparency	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3899	An Act Marking Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 to Provide for Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4087	An Act Relative to the Use and Payment of Ambulance Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2011	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4024	An Act Related to Collection of Health Care Co-Insurance and Deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2010	The Committee on Ways and Means To Whom was referred the House Bill Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2014 for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (House 3899); reports recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place there of the text of the Senate document numbered 2010	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	498	An Act to Prevent Inappropriate Denials for Medically Necessary Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	4	An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2015 for the Maintenance of the Departments Boards Commissions Institutions and Certain Activities of the Commonwealth for interest sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive		Executive Office of Health and Human Services – health care payment reform, FY15 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety funding, the Commonwealth Care program, Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible program, and national health reform implementation. Executive Office of Administration and Finance –FY15 state budget, Medicaid and Health Safety Net funding, Medicaid care delivery models, and national health reform implementation. Health Policy Commission – Market impact reviews, mandatory overtime guidance and procedures, cost/medical expense calculations and reviews.	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

No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

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