Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008

H.R. 3700/ S. 1951 Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 H.R. 3140 Saving Our Community Pharmacies Act of 2007 S. 3101/ H.R. 6331 Medicare Patients and Providers Act of 2008 sections on AMP, Prompt Payment of Part D Claims, DME Competitive Bidding, and Prescription Drug Pricing Updates H.R. 6252/ S. 3144 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 H.R. 5780 Medicare Clinical Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008 H.R. 5613 Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 H.R. 2408/ S. 2408 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 H.R. 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act S. 1827 Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) of 2007 S. 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 H.R. 3025 Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act of 2007 S. 1954 Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (PhAIM) of 2007 (Public Law 110-28 and Public Law 110-90) Medicaid's Tamper-Resistance Prescription Pad Requirement (Public Law 109-171) Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 section on Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) (Docket Number: CMS -4119-F) Medicare Program; Medicare Part D Claims Data (Docket Number: CMS 4131P) Medicare Program; Revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs; Proposed Rule (Docket Number: CMS-2238-IFC) Medicaid Program; Multiple Source Drug Definition DRAFT and FINAL CMS 2009 Medicare Part D Call Letter (Docket Number: CMS0016F and CMS0018F) Medicare Program; Standards for E-Prescribing Under Medicare Part D and Identification of Backward Compatible Version of Adopted Standard for EPrescribing and the Medicare Prescriptions Drug Program (Version 8.1); Final Rule (Docket Numeber: CMS-2008-0009-0002)Medicare Program; Option for Prescription Drug Plans to Lower their Premiums for Low-Income Subsidy Beneficiaries

Client expense: $183,962 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE

H.R. 5780 - Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008, Sec. 2, (a), (b), all provisions relating to Medicare coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services. H.R. 6212 - Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008, Subtitle D, Sec. 161, all provisions relating to phase-out of indirect medical education (IME); Title II, Sec. 201, all provisions relating to extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA); Sec. 202, all provisions relating to Medicaid DSH extension; Sec. 203, all provisions relating to pharmacy reimbursement under Medicaid. H.Con.Res. 312 - Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), Title III, Sec. 308, all provisions relating to deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education; Sec. 312, all provisions relating to deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs. S. 3101 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Title II, all provisions relating to Medicaid; Sec. 201, all provisions relating to extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and abstinence education program; Sec. 202, all provisions relating to Medicaid DSH extension. S.Con.Res. 70 - Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013, Sec. 208, all provisions relating to deficit-neutral reserve fund for higher education; Sec. 212, all provisions relating to deficit-neutral reserve fund for Medicaid and other programs.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

FY09 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (provisions concerning funding levels for NIH, the National Children's Study, Title VII, open access, community-based obesity prevention, drug discovery and racial disparities medical research) HR 5613/HR 6331, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 and Medicare/Medicaid reforms generally HR 5496, Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 HR 5780, Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008 S. 2460, A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the graduate medical education under Medicaid

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE