Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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

H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 1999, To delay and offset the sequester under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as a result of the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and for other purposes, all provisions
FY2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies Appropriations bill, provisions related to Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, and CDC grant for Office on Smoking and Health
H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, provisions relating to Medicare sequester, and Medicare-supported Graduate Medical Education positions
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, all provisions
Families First Coronavirus Response Act, all provisions
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provisions relating to the Medicare sequester
Appropriations increase for HRSA licensure portability grant program
Funding for CDC and NIH in FY2022 Appropriations for firearm morbidity and mortality prevention research

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 EDU

16. Specific lobbying issues

S. 924, A bill to establish a demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals who are eligible for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, all provisions
Student Loan forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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. 959, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions
S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions
S. 253, Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, all provisions
S. 54, Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act, all provisions
H.R. 1667, To address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals, all provisions
S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions
S. 987, A bill to provide support with respect to the prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from, substance use disorder, all provisions
H.R. 708, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions
S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions
H.R. 831, Health STATISTICS Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 1783, To make high-speed broadband internet service accessible and affordable to all Americans, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 745, Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, all provisions
H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 1306, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions
S. 412, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 1843, To facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions
H.R. 1816, To require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 779, Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 379, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions
S. 104, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions
S. 509, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 5, Equality Act, all provisions
National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act, all provisions

COVID-19 Pandemic issues/testing/supply chain security and national stockpile
COVID-19 reimbursement for vaccine administration and PPE/codes
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy/information/access/collection of race and ethnic data
COVID-19 Vaccine for physician offices/health equity
COVID-19 Physician burnout and suicide
COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund
COVID-19 Mifepristone in-person dispensing requirement
Opioid Task Force Progress Report
Telehealth/Fraud, waste, and abuse
Digital Health/Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Digital Therapeutics
Telehealth
Health equity/Algorithmic bias
Pharmacy Benefits Manager/prescription drug price transparency
Surprise Billing
Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be HHS Secretary
Nomination of Rachel Levine, MD to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS
Information Blocking/digital vaccines
Prescription Drug Pricing
Scope of Practice
Physician re-entry
Opioid Use Disorder/Buprenorphine/X-waiver for physicians
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification
21st Century Cures Act
Data Privacy
Bioethics Commission

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), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), President of the U.S., Vice President of the U.S., Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 2255, To enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce during the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immigrant visas, all provisions
S. 1024, A bill to enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce during the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immigrant visas, all provisions
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, all provisions
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Conrad 30 Waiver Program
Immigration
H-1B Visa/Cap-Subject Petitions
Wage protections for certain aliens

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 LBR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Competition in Health Insurance

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions
S. 748, A bill to provide for an extension of the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration during the COVID-19 public health emergency, all provisions
S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions
H.R. 1350, Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act, all provisions
H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions
S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions
H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 834, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 1577, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 596, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions
H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 2166, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the inclusion of certain audio-only diagnoses in the determination of risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans and PACE programs, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 2256, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 834, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 1577, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 2144, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for expanded coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes, all provisions
S. 245, States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (SAME) Act of 2021, all provisions
S. 801, Connected MOM Act, all provisions
H.R. 1738, To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, all provisions
H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions
H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act
Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions
Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019, all provisions
Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019, all provisions
Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2020, all provisions
Value in Health Care Act

Medicare program: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program
Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/promoting interoperability, quality, cost, improvement activities, prior authorization, physician burden
Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVP)/quality and efficiencies improvement
Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs)
Medicare program: Medicare Sequester and PAYGO
Medicare program: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency/Accelerated and Advance Payments
Medicare program: COVID-19/Changes in Medicare Physician Spending
Medicare program: 2021 Physician Fee Schedule
Medicare program: Provider relief fund
Medicare program: Telehealth - geographic and site restrictions
Medicare program: Telehealth - fraud, waste, and abuse
Medicare program: Pharmacy Benefits Manager/prescription drug price transparency
Medicare program: Provider Compliance and Regulatory Relief
Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) Enrollment/Revalidation
Medicare program: Digital medicine
Medicare program: Radiation Oncology Model
Medicare program: Primary Care First Models
Medicare program: AMA Practice Expense Survey
Medicare program: Measure Application Partnership (MAP)/Pre-diabetes Intervention Measures
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/Prior Authorization
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) implementation
Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA Quality Payment Programs/physician burdens
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Accountable Care Organizations
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Chiquita Brooks-LaSures nomination to be CMS Administrator
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Digital therapeutics
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health IT/physician burdens
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Evaluation and Management Services (E&M)/reimbursement changes/budget neutrality
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Prescription Drug Pricing
Medicare and Medicaid programs: Data privacy
Medicaid program: Maternal health and mortality/Medicaid and CHIP coverage expansion
Medicaid program: Medicaid funding for US territories
Medicaid program: Work requirements
Medicaid program: Medicaid funding cap

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), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), White House Office, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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. 2079, To provide that CARES Act Provider Relief Fund payments are not includible in gross income, and for other purposes, all provisions

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 TOR

16. Specific lobbying issues

COVID-19/physician medical liability

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 VET

16. Specific lobbying issues

Scope of Practice
Veterans Choice/Community Care Program

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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?
No Yes