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ALSTON & BIRD LLP

Lobbying for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

 Filing 2nd Quarter - Report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2026
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 20, 2026
Income
$40,000.00
What the client paid this registrant for the period.
Client based in
Virginia

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 1
  • LAURA FRIEDEL New on this filing
    Previously held: Senate Appropriations Committee - Clerk/Staff Director; Senator Richard Shelby - Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant; Senator Zell Miller - Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant.

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

 Government bodies contacted 3
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

 Bills named in this filing 5
  • HR 879
    Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
  • HR 3514
    Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
  • S 1816
    Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
  • HR 5509
    Safe Step Act
  • S 2903
    Safe Step Act
 Lobbying activity 3
Medicare/Medicaid

H.R.879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. General provisions to address Medicare physician fee schedule payment policies and access to physician services. In general, policies impacting physician burden and sustaining the private practice physician model. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. Pub. L. No. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provisions regarding Medicare physicians payment increase, reform.

Health Issues

H.R.5509/S.2903, The Safe Step Act. Issues related to coverage of products under drug formulary. In general, policies reforming prior authorization of physician services. In general, policies impacting physician burden and sustaining the private practice physician model. Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight guidance on ACA preventive services and coverage of surveillance colonoscopy. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. Screening concerns per younger incidence colorectal cancer.

Budget/Appropriations

Funding for colorectal cancer screening and education. In general, policies impacting physician burden and sustaining the private practice physician model. Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight guidance on ACA preventive services and coverage of surveillance colonoscopy. Screening concerns per younger incidence colorectal cancer.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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