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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
dc4ffe7f-0d31-4e70-a35f-e67bbe8d17f7
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-14 14:00:28
Income (reported)
Expenses (reported)
$40,000
Expenses method
B
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

Medical Professional Association

Contact
MS. KATHERINE O. ORRICO
Address
zip:20001, city:Washingon, state:DC, street:25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 610

Client

CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

State
DC
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
1996-02-14

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

MMM — Medicare/Medicaid

S. 1390/H.R.2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act: To revise certain physician self-referral exemptions relating to physician-owned hospitals. S. 1816/H.R.3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025: Prior authorization reform in Medicare Advantage S. 2439/H.R.3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act: Medicare funding for medical residency training. S. 2903/H.R.5509, Safe Step Act: To amend ERISA to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. H.R. 4331, Access to Claims Data Act: To establish a process to expand access to claims data under certain Federal health plans in order to facilitate research and quality improvement. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: To provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index. H.R. 7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act: To delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule. H.R. 8163, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026: Modifying Medicare's budget neutrality rules under the Medicare physician fee schedule. No Bill: Urging Congress to prevent funding for the proposed CMMI Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model in the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program, which expands prior authorization to traditional Medicare.

Lobbyists: ms CHARLOTTE ESTELA PINEDA (covered position: US Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee US Senator Roger Marshall, MD (KS) US Representative Roger Marshall, MD (KS-01) US Representative Chris Collins (NY-27) US Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08)); KATHERINE ORRICO

Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act: Funding for NIH, CDC injury prevention programs, telehealth flexibilities, APM incentive payments and Medicare Advantage enforcement reforms

Lobbyists: ms CHARLOTTE ESTELA PINEDA (covered position: US Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee US Senator Roger Marshall, MD (KS) US Representative Roger Marshall, MD (KS-01) US Representative Chris Collins (NY-27) US Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08))

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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