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232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
3/14/2024
2. House Identification
 35185
 Senate Identification
 57475

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
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1101 New York Avenue, NW
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Washington
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20005-4213
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USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

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5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
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​Ms. Heather Meade
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​2022937474
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​EYUS.QRMCompliance@ey.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Professional services firm

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)
Address
​1611 Telegraph Street, Suite #210
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​Oakland
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​94612
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​USA
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9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Nonprofit focused on reducing cost & driving transformation in employer health care market

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

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​Heather ​Meade ​ ​
​Laura ​Dillon ​ ​
​Weston ​Coulam ​ ​2003-06 Staff Dir., Senate Committee on Small Business
​Tara ​Bradshaw ​ ​Press Secretary, Sen. Finance Comm., 1999-2001; Public Affairs, Treasury Dept., 2001-04; Communications Dir. - President's Advisory Panel on Fed. Tax Reform, 2005
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LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Health care cost containment; HR 5378, "Lower Cost, More Transparency Act"; S. 1339, "Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act"; Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms; Health care cost transparency

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

15. 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?

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Heather Meade
Date
4/16/2024 12:29:52 AM