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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 111 K Street, NE |
Address2 | Suite 700 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002-8110 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 27467-12
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6. House ID# 303670000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Max Richtman |
Date | 4/15/2019 10:37:52 AM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Mandatory Spending Programs. (No bill): Proposals pertaining to the manner in which funding for the purpose of paying Social Security benefits are appropriated.
Administrative Budget for the Social Security Administration. (No bill): Administrations proposal for funding SSAs operations for fiscal year 2020.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Treasury - Dept of, Natl Economic Council (NEC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Richtman |
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Adcock |
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Webster |
Phillips |
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Diane |
Lifsey |
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Lisa |
Swirsky |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Drug Pricing. (No Bill): Proposals to eliminate rebates for drugs in Medicare Part D with the exception of drugs rebated to consumers at the point of sale.
Drug Pricing. H.R. 1046, The Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act: Proposal to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices directly for prescription drugs and to issue a competitive license allowing other manufacturers to produce a drug for Medicare in the event negotiations fail.
Medicare Penalties. H.R. 1788, Medicare Part B Penalties Fairness Act: Proposal limiting the penalty for Part B late enrollment and to allow those with Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) coverage to avoid paying the penalty.
Medicare Financing. (No Bill): Proposal to redirect the current tax assessment on net investment income to the Medicare Trust Fund.
Opioid Treatment. (No Bill): The MORE Savings Act proposal to eliminate cost-sharing (including copayments, deductibles and coinsurance) for opioid treatment and recovery support services under private insurance plans and through a demonstration in Medicare, while providing increased funding for Medicaid programs to offer these services.
Medicare Benefits. (No Bill): The Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act proposal to expand Part B benefits to include coverage of oral, vision, and hearing care, while providing for reasonable measures to facilitate implementation and contain costs.
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Coverage. H.R. 576, Seniors Have Eyes, Ears and Teeth: Proposal to expand Medicare coverage to include comprehensive coverage of dental, vision, and hearing care.
Hearing Aids. H.R. 1518, Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act: Proposal to provide Medicare coverage of hearing aids.
Dental Benefits. S. 22, Medicare Dental Benefit Act: Proposal to make dental services a covered benefit under Medicare.
Medicare Part D. S. 691, Medicare Extra Rx HELP Act: Proposal to eliminate the asset test, streamline program administration and to extend full benefits to individuals up to 200% of poverty for the low income subsidy program for Medicare Part D.
Medicare Observation Status. H.R. 1682/S. 753, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019: Proposal to count days in the hospital in observation status toward meeting the three-day prior hospitalization requirement for skilled nursing facility care eligibility.
Dementia and Alzheimers Disease. Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimers Act (BOLD Act): Proposal to apply a public health approach to combat Alzheimers disease and related dementias.
Generic Drug Introduction. H.R. 965, CREATES Act: Proposal to speed the introduction of generic competition by curbing brand drug maker abuses of safety procedures as a means to limit generic manufacturer access to the drug samples needed to obtain Food and Drug Administration approval.
Medicare Beneficiary Equitable Relief. (No Bill): Efforts to extend and make permanent the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services policy for equitable relief for select individuals currently or previously enrolled in Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans who delayed Medicare enrollment during their Initial Enrollment Period or during a qualifying Special Enrollment Period.
Home and Community Based Long-Term Care. H.R. 1839, Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019: Proposal extending the spousal impoverishment protections for home and community based services until September 30th and provides $20 million in additional funding for the Medicaid Money Follows the Person (MFP) program.
Medicare Prescription Drug Costs. (No Bill): Proposals to reduce amount drug manufacturers must contribute to closing the donut hole in 2019.
Medicare Prescription Drug Costs. (No Bill): Provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (formerly the North American Free Trade Agreement) addressing countries having expansive regulatory approval monopolies for biologic drugs and restricting the ability of Congress to reform patent laws that drive up drug costs for Medicare.
Medicare Part B Drug Costs. (No Bill): Proposals to reduce Medicare Part B drug costs by limiting Medicare payment when a drug price increase exceeds an inflation limit.
Medicare Open Enrollment. (No Bill): Proposals to ensure the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducts open enrollment in a way that is unbiased toward the traditional program.
Medicaid Expansion. S. 585, States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (SAME) Act: Proposal to provide a higher level of federal Medicaid funding for states that did not expand Medicaid when the Affordable Care Act was launched in 2014.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Administration on Aging, Executive Office of the President (EOP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Richtman |
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Adcock |
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Phillips |
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Diane |
Lifsey |
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Lisa |
Swirsky |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Cost of Living Adjustment Relief. H.R. 860/S. 269, Social Security 2100 Act; H.R. 1170/S. 478, Social Security Expansion Act; H.R. 1553, the Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2019: Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for Social Security beneficiaries.
Social Security Expansion. H.R. 860/S. 269, Social Security 2100 Act: Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes.
Caregiver Social Security Credits. (No Bill): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives.
Social Security Commission. (No Bill): Proposal to require a commission to make recommendations for achieving solvency of the Social Security trust funds for 75 years.
Supplemental Security Income. (No Bill): Proposal to update provisions in the SSI program to reflect inflation since 1972 and to increase the asset limit to $10,000 for an individual and $15,000 for a couple.
Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. H.R. 141/S. 521, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019: Proposal to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision.
Social Security Administration Online Services. (No Bill): Proposals pertaining to SSAs administrative decision to require individuals who have "mySocialSecurity" accounts to receive a code on a cell phone capable of receiving a text message in order to log into their account.
Social Security Administration Nomination. (No Bill): Proposals pertaining to the President of the United Statess nomination of Andrew M. Saul of New York to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2025.
Social Security Benefit Statement (No Bill): Proposals to have the Social Security Administration resume annual distribution of benefit statements to eligible individuals.
Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No Bill): Proposals to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans.
Disability Adjudication. (No Bill): Proposal to stop the Social Security Administration from reinstituting the reconsideration step of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) adjudication process in the ten states where that step is not used.
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Benefits Adjudication. (No Bill): Comments on regulatory proposals to alter the rules regarding the evaluation of medical evidence for the purpose of adjudicating claims for both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits.
Prohibit Payment of Social Security and Supplemental Security Insurance Benefits. (No Bill): Proposal to bar payment of benefits for seniors with outstanding warrants for their arrest.
Social Security Benefit Improvement. (No Bill): Proposal to adjust benefit levels for individuals who have been on the Social Security Benefit rolls for many years.
Social Security Office Closures. (No Bill): Proposals to protect and preserve Social Securitys network of local field offices from closure or consolidation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Social Security Administration (SSA), Administration on Aging, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Richtman |
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Diane |
Lifsey |
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Lisa |
Swirsky |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
House Select Committee on Aging. (No Bill): Proposal to reestablish the House Select Committee on Aging in the 116th Congress.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Richtman |
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Adcock |
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Webster |
Phillips |
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Lisa |
Swirsky |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Pay Equity. H.R. 7/S. 270, the Paycheck Fairness Act: Proposals to add procedural protections to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Fair Labor Standards Act as part of an effort to address the gender pay gap.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Lisa |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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