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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | THREE PENN PLAZA EAST PP-16H |
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City | NEWARK |
State | NJ |
Zip Code | 07105-2200 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 72793-12
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6. House ID# 381380000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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: STEPHANIE QUINN |
Date | 10/23/2014 12:47:12 PM |
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 PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Prescription Drug Costs
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stephanie |
Quinn |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Affordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms
State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database
Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; MLR Broker Fees:
Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary
Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management
HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act
HR 2668 Introduced by Young (R-IN) on July 17, 2013 Fairness for Families Act
Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851. 4406
HR 2328 Introduced in House June 12, 2013 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. (R-MI)
HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19,2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums.
Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues;
Multi-State Plan Program Implementation; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-party payment of premiums; Electronic Health Records (EHRs); Health IT Roadmap; Contraception Rule; Expatriate Legislation.
HR 3362 Introduced October 29, 2013 by Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE)
Exchange Information Disclosure Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand reporting requirements related to health care exchanges. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish reports weekly through March 31, 2015, on: (1) consumer interactions with healthcare.gov or subsequent sites and any efforts
undertaken to remedy problems that impact taxpayers and consumers, (2) calls to the federal customer service call center,including the number of calls received by the call center, problems identified by users, and referrals of those calls; (3) all
navigators and certified application counselors that have been trained and certified by health care exchanges; and (4) all agents
and brokers who have been trained and certified by the federal health care exchange.
HR 762 Introduced in House February 15, 2013 by Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
Health Care Choice Act of 2013 - Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by such provisions.
HR 1701 Introduced April 24, 2013 by Ted Poe (R-TX)
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing,administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information.
HR 4777 Introduced May 30, 2014 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts.
HR 3522 Introduced November 18, 2013 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement,
and for other purposes.
HR 3750 Introduced December 12, 2013 by Donna Matsui (D-CA) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 - Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and to consider adopting conditions under which such a professional should: have access to the individual's medical history.
HR 5453 Introduced September 11, 2014 by Bruce Braley (D-IA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement,
and for other purposes.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stephanie |
Quinn |
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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
Medicare Reforms: Medicare A & B; Delivery System Reforms, Benefit Restructuring ; Medigap first-dollar coverage; Quality Initiatives/SGR Reform, HIPAA Code Adoption Process, Medicare Advantage Risk Delay Part D Cuts, HR 2810 Introduced by Burgess (R-TX) on July 31, 2013
Addtional Medicare/Medicaid Issues:
HR 3392 Introduced October 13, 2013 by Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a PDP safety program to prevent fraud and abuse in the dispensing of controlled substances under part D of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Multi-State Plan Programs, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity. Medicare fraud; Provider terminations in Medicare Advantage; CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program)reauthorization
HR 2960 Introduced August 1, 2013 by Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor to have in place procedures designed to prevent fraud and abuse in PDPs.
D-SNP Plan Changes
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stephanie |
Quinn |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
IRC section 833(b) tax provisions; Health Spending Accounts; Medical Loss Ratio definition to qualify for 833(b) tax deduction; Health Insurance Tax: Health Insurance Excise Tax, S. 603/HR 763, HR 3367
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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Quinn |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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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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