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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1750 Yankee Doodle Road |
Address2 | N179 |
City | Eagan |
State | MN |
Zip Code | 55121 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 5687-12
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6. House ID# 324990000
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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: Lin M Nelson |
Date | 10/17/2014 1:19:50 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
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; ; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database
Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers;
Medicare Cost Contract Extension
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
Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) regarding proposals to allow additional types of carriers including regional
PPOs to be included in the coverage options offered by OPM
FEHBP Modernization Act circulation draft President's budget, regional PPOs, government contributions
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)
Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exclude remuneration
paid for licensed independent insurance producers from administrative cost calculations for purposes of calculating the
medical-loss ratio of a health insurance plan.
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;
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 3985 Introduced February 3, 2014 by Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party
administrators, for any period after December 31, 2014, from being required to make payments under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state.
Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds. Limits to 2014 the applicability of the
program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in
a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums .
HR 4496 Introduced April 28, 2014 by Cory Gardner (R-CO) Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 -
Requires each state to mitigate the health costs of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state
high risk pool
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 purpos
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 |
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Nelson |
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Keefer |
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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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Keefer |
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Nelson |
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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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ISSUE 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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