lobbying_activities: 3965534

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
3965534	a02a0c58-9f13-40fa-bd00-1592b4008f7a	Q2	AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY	3402	AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY	2026	second_quarter	MMM	Oppose provisions in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: 1) a -2.5% efficiency adjustment to Work RVUs for non-time-based services; 2) a new methodology for calculating indirect practice expenses in facility settings that unfairly penalizes facility-based surgical services. Support for H.R. 6160, the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, which would provide an annual inflationary update for Medicare physician payment tied to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI). Support for The Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act (HR 7520), which would would delay the efficiency adjustment provision in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule until January of 2030 and require CMS to submit a report to Congress within 2 years containing an assessment of whether it is necessary to apply a one-time, across-the-board adjustment to work relative value units, and to make corresponding updates to the intraservice portion of physician time inputs for non-time-based services, with respect to services that have not been revalued or reviewed within the 10-year period preceding the calendar year in which such one-time adjustment would be applied. Support for the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 (H.R. 3514/S. 1816) that would would streamline and standardize prior authorization requirements within the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. Support for H.R. 8163, the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, urging Congress to take immediate steps to stabilize Medicare physician reimbursement and to modernize the Medicare payment system.	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE	0	0	2026-07-08T12:26:11-04:00