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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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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) |
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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: MARY E. DONAHUE |
Date | 1/20/2015 4:30:28 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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 83, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act - ACA risk corridor program, expatriate plans, HHS appropriations
H.R. 1326, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency
H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Poe) - ICD-10 implementation
H.R. 2853, Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act (Lipinski) - transparency of hospital prices
H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act (Nunes-Pallone) - telemedicine
H.R. 3750, Telehealth Modernization Act (Matsui-Johnson) - telemedicine
H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ICD-10 Implementation
S. 44, Medical Care Access Protection Act (Portman) - medical liability reform
S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act (Coburn) - ICD-10 implementation
S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security issues
HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP;; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, and issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Mary |
Donahue |
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Durham |
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Paul |
Eiting |
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Gregory |
Gierer |
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Hamelburg |
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Karen |
Ignagni |
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Erik |
Komendant |
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Courtney |
Lawrence |
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Amber |
Manko |
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Julie |
Miller |
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Mott-Bronson |
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Pescatello |
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Jeanette |
Thornton |
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Kelly |
Vogel |
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Howard |
Weiss |
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Thomas |
Wilder |
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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
H.R. 162, Medicaid Integrity Act (Bachmann) - Medicaid health plan audits
H.R. 670, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Pierluisi)
H.R. 928, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Schakowsky) - Medicare Part D changes
H.R. 1024, Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act (McMorris Rodgers) - medication therapy management programs
H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Courtney) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care
H.R. 1102, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Welch) - Medicare Part D price negotiations
H.R. 1853, Medicaid Accountability and Care Act (Cassidy) -federal financing of state Medicaid programs
H.R. 2305, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Roskam-Carney) - fighting fraud and abuse
H.R. 2453, Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act (Rothfus-Schrader) - MA enrollment rules
H.R. 2524, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Paulsen-Kind) - wellness incentives
H.R. 2753, Securing Care for Seniors Act (Black) - MA payment and enrollment issues, wellness incentives
H.R, 2960, Medicare Prescription Drug Integrity Act of 2013 (Pallone) - Part D drug utilization review
H.R. 3512, Seniors' Health Care Choice Act (Heck) - MA open enrollment period
H.R. 3890, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Paulsen-Welch) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions
H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Burgess) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate delay
H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act (Ellmers) - blocking Medicare Part D proposed rule
H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - 12-month Medicare SGR patch, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Appropriate Use Criteria for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Medicare sequestration cuts, Other Medicare-Medicaid Extenders
H.R. 4484, Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act (Sinema) - MA special needs plans
H.R. 4998, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (DeLauro) - MA plan provider networks
H.R. 5113, Protecting Seniors' Medicare Choices from Obamacare Act (Coffman) - MA stabilization program
H.R. 5183, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Black) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies
H.R. 5364, CHIP Extension and Improvement Act (Pallone) - federal CHIP funding
Draft Bill, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (Brady) - preventing fraud in Medicare and Medicaid
S. 11, Fiscal Sustainability Act (Corker) - Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid issues
S. 25 (Hatch) - extension of Medicare sequestration cuts
S. 117, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Klobuchar) - Medicare Part D price negotiations
S. 324, Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act (Schumer)
S. 408, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin) - Medicare Part D changes
S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Brown) - Medicare coverage of skilled nursing care
S. 1123, Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures Act (Carper-Coburn) - fighting fraud and abuse
S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (Wyden-Portman) - wellness incentives
S. 1787, Medicaid Managed Care Responsibility and Equity Act (Rockefeller) - medical loss ratio requirement for Medicaid managed care organizations
S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, MA Special Needs Plans, Cost Plans, QI and TMA programs
S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act (Wyden-Isakson) - delivery models for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions
S. 1980, Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Quality Act (Rockefeller) - 12 month continuous enrollment
S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Senate Finance Committee) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms
S. 2110, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act (Wyden) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, Medicare and Medicaid extenders
S. 2122, Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act (Hatch) - SGR repeal, quality- and value-based payment reforms, ACA individual mandate repeal
S. 2361, Stop SCAMS Act (Nelson-Collins) - reducing Medicare fraud
S. 2461, CHIP Extension Act (Rockefeller) --- federal CHIP funding
S. 2552, MA Participant Bill of Rights Act (Brown-Blumenthal) - MA plan provider networks
S. 2783, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act (Thune) - MA demonstration to test VBID methodologies
Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology, encounter data and other data-related issues, and audit issues; bidding and payment issues (including MA rate assumptions, MA coding intensity, MA Secondary Payer issues, Part D reinsurance, Part D low income subsidies, and audits); in-home health risk assessments; Medicare Medical Loss Ratio issues; implementation of sequestration under the Medicare Advantage and Part D programs; implications of the health insurer fee for MA and Part D plans; application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff; measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality measures, grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance including training; contracting issues for Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal preemption of State authority under MA and Part D programs, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, Part D coverage gap discount program, including employer group waiver plan (EGWP) issues, and other operational issues; issues raised by Part D coverage of new specialty drugs, the Part D non-interference policy and related issues (e.g., preferred pharmacy and any willing pharmacy requirements, standards for network pharmacy reimbursement, and policies regarding sponsor negotiation of pharmacy price concessions); Medication Therapy Management Program requirements; Part D requirements for offering basic and enhanced alternative plans; MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; issues relating to MA and Part D Star Rating system including measures, the methodology for calculating ratings, and the role of the ratings for payment purposes; implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes to the Part D coverage gap; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues;implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education Program; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting initiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicare/Medicaid integration for dual eligibles, including the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), grievance and appeals processes, fraud and abuse compliance, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including block grants, the calculation of the federal medical assistance (federal matching) percentage (FMAP), and intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost issues affecting Medicaid health plans including issues raised by Medicaid coverage of new specialty drugs; health plan-related Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues and CHIP reauthorization; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; implementation of Medicaid changes of interest to Medicaid health plans made in the ACA including Medicaid expansion, the managed care organization (MCO) prescription drug rebate provisions, minimum payments to primary care providers (PCPs), interactions between the Medicaid program and health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements; implications of the health insurer fee for Medicaid health plans ; issues related to Medigap coverage financing for infectious disease such as Ebola; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. *AddMACPACtoAgencyList
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Thornton |
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Weiss |
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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 INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy
H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules
H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy
H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage
H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy
H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review
H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy
H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents
H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes
H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers
H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate
H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees
H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms
H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans
H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties
H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee
H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review
H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay
H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage
H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program
H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans
H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs
H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs
H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs
H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs
H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties
H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market
H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program
H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program
H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans
H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program
H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program
S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes
S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review
S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers
S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents
S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms
S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims
S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements
S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay
S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties
S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans
S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program
S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges
S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage
S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees
S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer
S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment
S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines
S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment
S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements
S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program
S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program
S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage
S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate
S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals
H.R. 5860, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014 (Boustany) -addresses use of Health Reimbursement Accounts and other employer funding of premiums
Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
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), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, White House Office, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 460, Patients' Access to Treatments Act (McKinley) - cost sharing in a specialty drug tier
H.R. 1367, FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act (Lynch) - FEHBP prescription drugs
H.R. 3116, MODDERN Cures Act (Lance) - innovations in diagnostics, drug exclusivity
H.R. 3742, Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act (Gingrey) - treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases
S. 214, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Klobuchar) - access to generic drugs
Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
H.R. 647 / H.R. 5771, ABLE Act - ABLE accounts for individuals with severe disabilities
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax
H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues
H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues
H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues
H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues
H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax
H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums
H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues
S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes
S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax
S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues
S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues
S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers
Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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