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01/01/2013 - 06/30/2013
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Lobbyist name
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Dan
McHale
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Business name
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Massachusetts Hospital Association
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Address
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5 New England Executive Park
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City, state, zip code
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Burlington, MA 01803
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US
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Agent type
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Both
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Phone
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781-262-6044
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Operating Expenses
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Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles
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HB39, An Act Relative To Pharmacy Practice In The Commonwealth, HB540, An Act Relative To The Massachusetts Alzheimer's And Related Dementias Acute Care Advisory Committee, HB841, An Act Related To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles, HB843, An Act Relative To Notice Of Payment For Services, HB862, An Act Relative To The Use And Payment Of Ambulance Services, HB863, An Act Relative To Payment For Use Of Ambulance Services, HB889, An Act To Define The Use Of Observation Services, HB907, An Act Relative To Payment For Services, HB936, An Act To Further Define Adverse Determinations By Insurers, HB948, An Act To Expand Coverage And Access To Behavioral Health Services, HB960, An Act To Prevent Inappropriate Denials For Medically Necessary Services, HB970, An Act Relative To Ambulance Services, HB978, An Act Relative To Pre-authorization Of Medical And Health Care Services, HB1002, An Act Relative To Enhancing Access To Mental Health Treatment, HB1011, An Act To Reduce Liability Of Acute Hospitals To The Health Safety Net Trust Fund, HB1023, An Act To Protect Health Care Reform Funding, HB1024, An Act To Encourage Quality Reviews And Reduce Costs In Health Care, HB1028, An Act Relative To A Certificate Of Need For Home Health Agencies, HB1029, An Act Relative To Reserving Beds In Nursing Homes For Residents During Certain Leaves Of Absence, HB1034, An Act Relative To Administering National Standards To Medicaid Medical Necessity Reviews, HB1042, An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review, HB1060, An Act Relative To MassHealth Readmission Payments, HB1485, An Act Relative To Emergency And Disaster Planning For Health Care Providers, HB1777, An Act Regarding Treble Damages, HB1773, An Act Clarifying Patient Safety Protections, HB1783, An Act To Promote Efficient Access To Mental Health Services, HB1784, An Act Regarding Proportional Payments Of The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, HB1796, An Act Relative To Behavioral Health Managed Care Organizations, HB1797, An Act Providing Equitable Access To Behavioral Health Services For MassHealth Consumers, HB1798, An Act Relative To Mental Health And Substance Abuse Clinics, HB1808, An Act To Improve Access To The Services Of Educational Psychologists, HB1815, An Act To Require Equitable Payment From The Commonwealth, HB1886, An Act To Provide Deemed Certification For CPOE/EMR Requirements, HB1918, An Act Relative To A Lung Cancer Research Fund, HB1966, An Act Restricting The Sale Of Tobacco Products At Health Care Institutions, HB1975, An Act To Expand Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers, HB1986, An Act Providing Equitable Treatment For Post-acute Care Hospitals, HB2006, An Act Relative To Nurse Licensure Compact In Massachusetts An Act Relative To Nurse Licensure Compact In Massachusetts, HB2007, An Act Relative To Foods Containing Artificial Trans Fat, HB2050, An Act To Eliminate Antiquated Hospital Bed De-licensure Rules, HB2071, An Act To Eliminate Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities In The Commonwealth, HB2076, An Act Relative To The Restoration Of MassHealth Adult Dental Benefits, HB2083, An Act Regarding MassHealth Applications, HB2634, An Act To Reduce Childhood Obesity, HB2796, An Act Relative To The Health Policy Commission, HB2815, An Act Relative To Health Policy Commission Membership, SB295, Resolve Relative To The Massachusetts Alzheimers And Related Dementias Acute Care Advisory Committee, SB436, An Act Relative To Collection Of Health Care Co-insurance And Deductibles, SB453, An Act To Further Define Adverse Determinations By Insurers, SB470, An Act Related To Insurer Reserve Requirements, SB519, An Act To Provide Equitable Access To Behavioral Health For MassHealth Consumers, SB554, An Act To Protect Health Care Reform Funding, SB584, An Act Relative To Nursing School Articulation Agreements, SB985, An Act To Eliminate Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities In The Commonwealth, SB992, An Act Relative To Adult Dental Restoration, SB1040, An Act To Authorize The Dispensing Of Compounded Prescriptions For Office And Institutional Settings Without Patient-specific Prescriptions, SB1053, An Act Relative To The Further Regulation Of Pharmacies, SB1060, An Act Adopting The Nurse Licensure Compact, SB1075, An Act To Establish A Vision Care Registry, SB1076, An Act To Promote The Elimination Of Waste In Certain State Facilities, SB1086, An Act To Promote Safe Patient Care, SB565, An Act to Address Inequities in MassHealth Readmission Penalties, SB498, An Act to Prevent Inappropriate Denials for Medically Necessary Services, SB553, An Act to Increase Insurer Transparency, SB571, An Act Ensuring Clinically Appropriate Peer Review, SB1080, An Act Providing Equitable Treatment for Post-Acute Care Hospitals, SB542, An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services, SB1012, An Act Relative to Emergency and Disaster Planning for Healthcare Providers
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Support
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No direct business association with public officials under M.G.L. Chapter 3, Section 43.
| Massachusetts Hospital Association |
$2,242.00
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HB884, An Act Relative To Aggregation Of Insurance Rating Factors, HB894, An Act Relative To The Public Reporting Of Hospital Margins, HB905, An Act Relative To The Electronic Submission Of Claims, HB1000, An Act Relative To Affordable Health Insurance, HB1012, An Act To Benefit The Health Safety Net Trust Fund, HB1013, An Act Relative To Strengthening The Determination Of Need Process, HB1051, An Act Preventing Unnecessary Medical Debt, HB1723, An Act Relative To The Treble Damages Provisions Of The Wage And Hour Laws, HB1866, An Act Relative To Municipal Relief, HB1931, An Act Relative To Oxycontin And Other Schedule II Controlled Substances, HB1960, An Act Requiring The Screening Of Newborns For Congenital Heart Defects, HB1971, An Act Regulating Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening For Congenital Heart Defects, HB1988, An Act Relative To Suspending Prescription Drug Coverage From Minimum Creditable Coverage Requirements, HB1995, An Act Providing For Unused Medication Return By Health Care Facilities, HB2002, An Act Requiring Pain Assessment And Management In Healthcare Facilities, HB2025, An Act To Reform Non-profits Doing Business With The Department Of Public Health, HB2058, An Act To Reduce Healthcare - Associated Infections, , HB2642, An Act Relative To Payments In Lieu Of Taxation By Organizations Exempt From The Property Tax, HB2680, An Act Relative To Municipal Relief, HB2757, An Act Allowing Pilot Payments To Municipalities, HB3359, An Act Relative To 72-hour Emergency Prescribing, SB506, An Act Expanding The Determination Of Need Threshold, SB531, An Act To Benefit The Health Safety Net Trust Fund, SB533, An Act Establishing Health Care Criteria For Performance Excellence, SB569, An Act Relative To Mandatory Prescription Drug Coverage, SB1008, An Act Relative To Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screenings For Congenital Heart Defects, SB1047, An Act To Prevent Unscrupulous Medical Debt Recovery Practices, SB1187, An Act Requiring Health Care Employers To Develop And Implement Programs To Prevent Workplace Violence, SB1308, An Act Relative To Payments In Lieu Of Taxation Of Organizations Exempt From The Property Tax,
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Oppose
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No direct business association with public officials under M.G.L. Chapter 3, Section 43.
| Massachusetts Hospital Association |
$2,242.00
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HB1, An Act Making Appropriations For FY2014, HB43, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB55, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB57, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB3382, An Act Relative to Transportation Finance, HB3400, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2014 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, HB3401, Printed As Amended Version Of The Bill Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2014 For The Maintenance Of Departments, Boards, Commissions, Institutions And Certain Activities Of The Commonwealth, For Interest, Sinking Fund And Serial Bond Requirements And For Certain Permanent Improvements, HB3415, An Act Relative To Transportation Finance, HB3451, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB3452, An Act Implementing The Affordable Care Act And Providing Further Access To Affordable Health Care, HB3514, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB3522, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB3535, An Act Relative To Transportation Finance, HB3538, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2014 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, HB3539, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, HB3544, A Message From His Excellency The Governor Returning With Recommendation Of Amendments The Engrossed Bill Relative To Transportation Finance (HB3535), SB3, Text Of The Recommended Amendment To The House Bill Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2014 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, SB505, An Act Relative To Parity In Assessments By The Health Care Safety Net Fund, SB1766, An Act Relative to Transportation Finance, SB1770, Text Of The Senate Amendment To The House Bill Relative To Transportation Finance (being The Text Of Senate Document, Printed As Amended), SB1800, Text Of The Senate Amendments To The House Bill Making Appropriations For The fiscal Year 2014 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, SB1810, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, SB1812, An Act Implementing The Affordable Care Act And Providing Further Access To Affordable Health Care, SB1813, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects, SB1814, An Act Making Appropriations For The Fiscal Year 2013 To Provide For Supplementing Certain Existing Appropriations And For Certain Other Activities And Projects
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)
MassHealth – FY13 Supplemental and FY14 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.
Executive Office of Health and Human Services – health care payment reform, FY14 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 –FY14 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.
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Neutral
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No direct business association with public officials under M.G.L. Chapter 3, Section 43.
| Massachusetts Hospital Association |
$2,242.00
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$6,726.00
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Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses
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| No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period. |
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Additional Expenses
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| No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period. |
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Campaign Contributions
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| No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period. |
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