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

Lobbyist name	Patricia Lynn Nicholas
Business name	Massachusetts Hospital Association
Address	5 New England Executive Park
City, state, zip code	Burlington, MA 01803
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	781-262-6001

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: $30,213.76

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	1034	An Act Relative To Administering National Standards To Medicaid Medical Necessity Reviews	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	889	An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services	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
Senate Bill	436	An Act Relative To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	948	An Act To Expand Coverage And Access To Behavioral Health Services	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
House Bill	841	An Act Related To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1086	An Act To Promote Safe Patient Care	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
House Bill	2796	An Act Relative To The Health Policy Commission	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	39	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1907	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1042	An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1975	An Act To Expand Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1899	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	565	An Act to Address Inequities in MassHealth Readmission Penalties	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1886	An Act To Provide Deemed Certification For CPOE/EMR Requirements	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3844	An Act to Limit Excessive Hospital Operating Margins and CEO Compensation Through Greater Financial Transparency	Oppose	$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
Senate Bill	498	An Act to Prevent Inappropriate Denials for Medically Necessary Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1060	An Act Adopting The Nurse Licensure Compact	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
House Bill	2815	An Act Relative To Health Policy Commission Membership	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4228	An Act Relative to Patient Limits in All Hospital Intensive Care Units	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	4235	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	470	An Act Related To Insurer Reserve Requirements	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1012	An Act Relative to Emergency and Disaster Planning for Health Care Providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3600	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	553	An Act to Increase Health Insurer Transparency	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2634	An Act To Reduce Childhood Obesity	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3548	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	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	2006	An Act Relative To Nurse Licensure Compact In Massachusetts	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
Senate Bill	554	An Act To Protect Health Care Reform Funding	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1986	An Act Providing Equitable Treatment For Post-acute Care Hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	557	An Act Relative to Patient Safety	Oppose	$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
House Bill	1060	An Act Relative To MassHealth Readmission Payments	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	542	An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2	An Act Making Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1023	An Act To Protect Health Care Reform Funding	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2050	An Act To Eliminate Antiquated Hospital Bed De-licensure Rules	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3843	The Patient Safety Act	Oppose	$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	571	An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1485	An Act Relative To Emergency And Disaster Planning For Health Care Providers	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3672	An Act Relative to Pharmacy Practice in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	1080	An Act Providing Equitable Treatment for Post-Acute Care Hospitals	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1008	An Act Relative to Patient Safety	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	2103	An Act Relative to Folic Acid Awareness and Birth Defects Prevention	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
01/15/2014	MHAPAC	PAC	$200.00
01/29/2014	Donald Berwick Committee	Candidate for Governor	$200.00
03/03/2014	Brian S. Dempsey Committee	House, Third Essex	$200.00
03/13/2014	James T. Welch Committee	Senate, Hampden	$200.00
03/31/2014	Barry Feingold Committee	Senate, Second Essex & Middlesex	$200.00
03/31/2014	Stephen Brewer Committee	Senate, Worcester, Hampshire, Hampden, Middlesex	$200.00
04/09/2014	Jason Lewis Committee	Senate, Fifth Middlesex	$200.00
04/09/2014	Ronald Mariano Committee	House, Third Norfolk	$200.00
04/10/2014	Suzanne Bump Committee	State Auditor	$200.00
05/07/2014	Robert DeLeo Committee	House, Nineteenth Suffolk	$200.00
		Total contributions	$2,000.00

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