The Medicare Provider Reimbursement Manual requires hospitals to adjust their Medicare cost reports to eliminate the portion of association dues related to lobbying expenses. Please forward this information to the people in your organization responsible for completing and submitting Medicare cost reports.
- The Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) has determined 29.4 percent of its membership dues were expended in activities that meet the Medicare definition of lobbying for calendar year 2023. For entities that must separately calculate federal lobbying expenditures, 3.4 percent of WSHA membership dues were related to federal lobbying expenditures.
- For the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts (AWPHD), 13.1 percent of its membership dues were expended in activities that meet the Medicare definition of lobbying for calendar year 2023.
If you have questions, please contact Andrew Busz at andrewb@wsha.org or (206) 216-2533.
