To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices with 20 or fewer employees.

Legislation related to H.R. 2345, the amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2751 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Sections on dietary supplements, establishment of foreign FDA offices; and the establishment of voluntary food allergy and anaphylaxis management guidelines) Under Line 17: We would like to include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Institute of Medicine of National Academies HR 1259 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 HR 2891 - Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 HR 2345 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices (Public Law 111-152) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Sections on Medicare Part D Changes; CMS/IRS data match to identify fraudulent providers; funding to fight fraud, waste and abuse; 90-day period of enhanced oversight for initial claims of DME suppliers; excise tax on medical device manufacturers; and drugs purchased by covered entities.] (Public Law 111-148) - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Sections on: reinsurance for early retirees; non-discrimination in health care; essential health benefits requirements; financial integrity in Exchanges; MedPAC study on adequacy of Medicare payments for health care providers serving in rural areas; coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women in Medicaid; distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin; administrative simplification; payment for biosimilar biological products; approval pathway for biosimilar biological products; patient-centered outcomes research; special rules; prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide; presentation of prescription drug benefit and risk information; provider screening and other enrollment requirements under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; enhanced Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; physicians who order items or services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; requirement for physicians to provide documentation on referrals to programs at high risk of waste and abuse; face to face encounter with patient required before physicians may certify eligibility for home health services or durable medical equipment under Medicare; enhanced penalties; adjustments to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program; termination of provider participation under Medicaid if terminated under Medicare or other State plan; Medicaid exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control, and management affiliations; health information technology enrollment standards and protocols; improvements to the physician quality reporting system; hospital readmissions reduction program; community-based care transitions program; Medicare Advantage payment; demonstration project to evaluate integrated care around a hospitalization; state option to provide health homes for enrollees with chronic conditions; pediatric accountable care organization demonstration project; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; Medicare shared savings program (ACOs); national pilot program on payment bundling; independence at home demonstration program; establishing community health teams to support the patient-centered medical home; Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations; elimination of exclusion of coverage of certain drugs; providing adequate pharmacy reimbursement (AMP); improvements to the Medicare Part D MTM programs; exemption of certain pharmacies from DMEPOS accreditation requirements; payment adjustments for home health care; Medicare coverage gap discount program; immediate reduction in coverage Medicare Part D gap in 2010; improved information for subsidy eligible individuals reassigned to prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; improving formulary requirements for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs; elimination of cost sharing for certain dual eligible individuals; uniform exceptions and appeals process for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; Office of the Inspector General studies and reports; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under part D; reducing wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities under prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; medication management (MTM) services in treatment of chronic disease; advancing research and treatment for pain care management; National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council; clinical and community preventive services; Medicare coverage of annual wellness visit providing a personalized prevention plan; removal of barriers to preventive services in Medicare; incentives for prevention of chronic diseases in Medicaid; community transformation grants; healthy aging, living well - evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries; CDC and employer-based wellness programs; coverage of preventive health services; immunizations; community health insurance option; level playing field; State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid; ensuring the quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; national strategy to improve health care quality; interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality; quality measure development; quality measurement; data collection; public reporting; health care delivery system research; quality improvement technical assistance; demonstration program to integrate quality improvement and patient safety training into clinical education of health professionals; transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests; prescription drug sample transparency; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; national health care workforce commission; health care workforce assessment; public health workforce recruitment and retention programs; allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs; grants for State and local programs; training in family medicine, general internal... medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship; geriatric education and training: career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; United States Public Health Sciences Track; interdisciplinary, community-based linkages (to support the existing health care workforce); Medicare vaccine coverage issues (Medicare Part B vs. Part D); and funding for the grant program established in the section on medication management (MTM) services in treatment of chronic disease).] (26 CFR Part 54/ 29 CFR Part 2590/ 45 CFR Parts 146 and 148) Medical Loss Ratios; Request for Comments Regarding Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (RIN 0950-AA06) Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interim Final Rule (Docket Number: 75FR65495) National Institutes for Health; Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee; Call for Nominations (Docket Number: 2010-28041) Solicitation for Nominations for Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (Docket Number: CMS-0009-N) Health Insurance Reform; Announcement of Maintenance Changes to Electronic Data Transaction Standards Adopted Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Docket Number: OCIIO-9992-IFC) Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Docket Number: 75FR65359)AHRQ Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection and Event Reporting; Notice of availability NAIC Regulation for Uniform Definitions and Standardized Rebate Calculation Methodology for Plan Years 2011, 2012 and 2013 per Section 2718 (b) of the Health Service Act HHS Request for Comment on the Development of the National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan IRS Notice (2010-59) on: Section 105 - Amounts Received under Accident and Health Plans, Section 106 Contributions by Employers to Accident and Health Plans, Section 125 - Cafeteria Plans, Section 220 Archer MSAs, Section 223 Health Savings Accounts (P.L. 111-148, Section 9003) IRS Revised Notice (2011-5) on: Section 105 - Amounts Received under Accident and Health Plans, Section 106 Contributions by Employers to Accident and Health Plans, Section 125 Cafeteria Plans (P.L. 111-148, Section 9003) HHS National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan IOM Study on the Determination of Essential Health Benefits in P.L. 111-148 Concept Opportunities for Pharmacist Clinical Services in Health Care Reform Provisions

Client expense: $240,240 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, White House Office

S. 3416, H.R. 3763/H.R. 2345, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flags Rule; H.R. 3763/S. 3416, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; H.R. 3014, the Small Business HIT Financing Act of 2009, to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase HIT products; H.R. 5141/S. 3578, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; S.AMDT.4595, To exempt certain amounts subject to other information reporting from the information reporting provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes; Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing; H.R. 5297, Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.

Client expense: $590,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Legislation related to H.R. 2345, the amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation related to H.R. 2345, the amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flags Rule, an FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft; H.R. 3763/S. 3416, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; H.R. 3014, the Small Business HIT Financing Act of 2009, to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase HIT products; H.R. 5141/S. 3578, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act; S.AMDT.4595, To exempt certain amounts subject to other information reporting from the information reporting provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes; Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing.

Client expense: $630,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 2345, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide an exclusion from Red Flag guidelines for health care practices with 20 or fewer employees, H.R. 3763, to amend the Fair Credit Report Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag guidelines for certain businesses, and S. 3416, a bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses, as they relate to dental practices. S. 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 and H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as it relates to oversight of dentistry by new consumer protection bureau.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 3151/S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009; HR 3763/S 3416 Bill to Amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act; HR 2345 Bill to Amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act for Health Care Practices

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE

HR 6012 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits, and for other purposes. HR 2891 - Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 Under Line 17: We would like to include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HR 2345 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices HR 1259 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 Drug Safety Discussion Draft Bill (builds on the Food and Drug Globalization Act - HR 759) - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of drugs, and for other purposes. (Public Law 111-152) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Sections on Medicare Part D Changes; CMS/IRS data match to identify fraudulent providers; funding to fight fraud, waste and abuse; 90-day period of enhanced oversight for initial claims of DME suppliers; excise tax on medical device manufacturers; and drugs purchased by covered entities.] (Public Law 111-148) - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Sections on: reinsurance for early retirees; non-discrimination in health care; essential health benefits requirements; financial integrity in Exchanges; MedPAC study on adequacy of Medicare payments for health care providers serving in rural areas; coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women in Medicaid; distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin; administrative simplification; payment for biosimilar biological products; approval pathway for biosimilar biological products; patient-centered outcomes research; special rules; prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide; presentation of prescription drug benefit and risk information; provider screening and other enrollment requirements under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; enhanced Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; physicians who order items or services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; requirement for physicians to provide documentation on referrals to programs at high risk of waste and abuse; face to face encounter with patient required before physicians may certify eligibility for home health services or durable medical equipment under Medicare; enhanced penalties; adjustments to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program; termination of provider participation under Medicaid if terminated under Medicare or other State plan; Medicaid exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control, and management affiliations; health information technology enrollment standards and protocols; improvements to the physician quality reporting system; hospital readmissions reduction program; community-based care transitions program; Medicare Advantage payment; demostration project to evaluate integrated care around a hospitalization; state option to provide health homes for enrollees with chronic conditions; pediatric accountable care organization demonstration project; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; Medicare shared savings program; national pilot program on payment bundling; independence at home demonstration program; establishing community health teams to support the patient-centered medical home; Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations; elimination of exclusion of coverage of certain drugs; providing adequate pharmacy reimbursement (AMP); improvements to the Medicare Part D MTM programs; exemption of certain pharmacies from DMEPOS accreditation requirements; payment adjustments for home health care; Medicare coverage gap discount program; immediate reduction in coverage Medicare Part D gap in 2010; improved information for subsidy eligible individuals reassigned to prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; improving formulary requirements for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs; elimination of cost sharing for certain dual eligible individuals; uniform exceptions and appeals process for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; Office of the Inspector General studies and reports; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under part D; reducing wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities under prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; medication management (MTM) services in treatment of chronic disease; advancing research and treatment for pain care management; National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council; clinical and community preventive services; Medicare coverage of annual wellness visit providing a personalized prevention plan; removal of barriers to preventive services in Medicare; incentives for prevention of chronic diseases in Medicaid; community transformation grants; healthy aging, living well - evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries; CDC and employer-based wellness programs; coverage of preventive health services; immunizations; community health insurance option; level playing field; State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid; ensuring the quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; national strategy to improve health care quality; interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality; quality measure development; quality measurement; data collection; public reporting; health care delivery system research; quality improvement technical assistance; demonstration program to integrate quality improvement and patient safety training into clinical education of health professionals; transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests; prescription drug sample transparency; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; national health care workforce commission; health care workforce assessment; public health workforce recruitment and retention programs; allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs; grants for State and local programs; training in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship; geriatric education and training: career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; United States Public Health Sciences Track; interdisciplinary, community-based linkages (to support the existing health care workforce); Medicare vaccine coverage issues (Medicare Part B vs. Part D); nominations to National Health Care Workforce Commission and Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Institute; and funding for the grant program established in the section on medication management (MTM) services in treatment of chronic disease).] (26 CFR Part 54/ 29 CFR Part 2590/ 45 CFR Parts 146 and 148) Medical Loss Ratios; Request for Comments Regarding Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (Docket Number: OCIIO-9992-IFC) Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (RIN 0991-AB62) HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; Request for Information (RIN 0991AB57) Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Docket Number: FDA-2010-D-0431) Draft Guidance for Food and Drug Administration Staff and Tobacco Retailers on Civil Money Penalties and No-Tobacco-Sale Orders for Tobacco Retailers; Availability (Docket Number: FDA-2010-N-0449) Risks and Benefits of Long-Term Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products; Public Workshop; Request for Comments FDA Draft Guidance for Industry Tobacco Retailer Training Programs NAIC Regulation for Uniform Definitions and Standardized Rebate Calculation Methodology for Plan Years 2011, 2012 and 2013 per Section 2718 (b) of the Health Service Act HHS National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan Draft Report of the HHS Secretarys Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society on Genetics Education and Training of Health Care Professionals, Public Health Providers, and Consumers Concept Opportunities for Pharmacist Clinical Services in Health Care Reform Provisions

Client expense: $212,859 · 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), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 2345, S 3416 - Amend Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; all provisions.

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

S. 3416, H.R. 3763/H.R. 2345, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R.2345, A bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: An FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft (All sections of full text)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: an FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft - (all sections of full text) HR 3763/S 3416, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses - (all sections of full text)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flags Rule, an FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft; H.R. 3763/S. 3416, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; H.R. 3014, the Small Business HIT Financing Act of 2009, to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase Health Information Technology products; H.R. 5141, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act. Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing;

Client expense: $690,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 2345 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices HR 1259 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 HR 2891 - Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 Under Line 17: We would like to include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (Public Law 111-152) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Sections on Medicare Part D Changes; CMS/IRS data match to identify fraudulent providers; funding to fight fraud, waste and abuse; 90-day period of enhanced oversight for initial claims of DME suppliers; excise tax on medical device manufacturers; and drugs purchased by covered entities.] (Public Law 111-148) - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Sections on: reinsurance for early retirees; non-discrimination in health care; essential health benefits requirements; financial integrity in Exchanges; MedPAC study on adequacy of Medicare payments for health care providers serving in rural areas; coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women in Medicaid; distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin; administrative simplification; payment for biosimilar biological products; approval pathway for biosimilar biological products; patient-centered outcomes research; special rules; prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide; presentation of prescription drug benefit and risk information; provider screening and other enrollment requirements under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; enhanced Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; physicians who order items or services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; requirement for physicians to provide documentation on referrals to programs at high risk of waste and abuse; face to face encounter with patient required before physicians may certify eligibility for home health services or durable medical equipment under Medicare; enhanced penalties; adjustments to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program; termination of provider participation under Medicaid if terminated under Medicare or other State plan; Medicaid exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control, and management affiliations; health information technology enrollment standards and protocols; improvements to the physician quality reporting system; hospital readmissions reduction program; community-based care transitions program; Medicare Advantage payment; demostration project to evaluate integrated care around a hospitalization; state option to provide health homes for enrollees with chronic conditions; pediatric accountable care organization demonstration project; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; Medicare shared savings program; national pilot program on payment bundling; independence at home demonstration program; establishing community health teams to support the patient-centered medical home; Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations; elimination of exclusion of coverage of certain drugs; providing adequate pharmacy reimbursement (AMP); improvements to the Medicare Part D MTM programs; exemption of certain pharmacies from DMEPOS accreditation requirements; payment adjustments for home health care; Medicare coverage gap discount program; immediate reduction in coverage Medicare Part D gap in 2010; improved information for subsidy eligible individuals reassigned to prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; improving formulary requirements for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs; elimination of cost sharing for certain dual eligible individuals; uniform exceptions and appeals process for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; Office of the Inspector General studies and reports; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under part D; reducing wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities under prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans; medication management (MTM) services in treatment of chronic disease; advancing research and treatment for pain care management; National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council; clinical and community preventive services; Medicare coverage of annual wellness visit providing a personalized prevention plan; removal of barriers to preventive services in Medicare; incentives for prevention of chronic diseases in Medicaid; community transformation grants; healthy aging, living well - evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries; CDC and employer-based wellness programs; coverage of preventive health services; immunizations; community health insurance option; level playing field; State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid; ensuring the quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; national strategy to improve health care quality; interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality; quality measure development; quality measurement; data collection; public reporting; health care delivery system research; quality improvement technical assistance; demonstration program to integrate quality improvement and patient safety training into clinical education of health professionals; transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests; prescription drug sample transparency; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; national health care workforce commission; health care workforce assessment; public health workforce recruitment and retention programs; allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs; grants for State and local programs; training in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship; geriatric education and training: career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; United States Public Health Sciences Track; interdisciplinary, community-based linkages (to support the existing health care workforce); Medicare vaccine coverage issues (Medicare Part B vs. Part D); and nominations to National Health Care Workforce Commission and Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Institute).] (26 CFR Part 54/ 29 CFR Part 2590/ 45 CFR Parts 146 and 148) Medical Loss Ratios; Request for Comments Regarding Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (RIN 0991-AB62) HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; Request for Information HHS Draft Healthy People 2020 Objectives HHS Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions Draft Report of the HHS Secretarys Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society on Genetics Education and Training of Health Care Professionals, Public Health Providers, and Consumers Concept Pharmacist Clinical Services Provisions in Health Care Reform

Client expense: $151,510 · 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), SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 2345, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide an exclusion from Red Flag guidelines for health care practices with 20 or fewer employees, H.R. 3763, to amend the Fair Credit Report Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag guidelines for certain businesses, and S. 3416, a bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses, as they relate to dental practices. S. 3217, Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 and H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as it relates to oversight of dentistry by new consumer protection bureau.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

S. 3416/HR 3763/HR 2345, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses HR 5141, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H Res 1003 - Expressing support for the designation of January 10, 2010, through January 16, 2010, as National Influenza Vaccination Week HR 2891 - Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 Under Line 17: We would like to include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) S 750 - Caring for an Aging America Act HR 1259 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 S 1213 - A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of comparative effectiveness research. HR 2345 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices S 1213 - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009 HR 756/S 660 - National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 HR 4872/ Public Law 111-152 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Sections on Medicare Part D Changes; CMS/IRS data match to identify fraudulent providers; funding to fight fraud, waste and abuse; 90-day period of enhanced oversight for initial claims of DME suppliers; excise tax on medical device manufacturers; and drugs purchased by covered entities.] HR 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act [Sections on: wellness program grants; administrative simplification; ensuring adequacy of provider networks; essential benefits package defined; requiring information transparency and plan disclosure; state prohibitions on discrimination against health care providers; protection of physician prescriber information; nondiscrimination on abortion and respect for rights of conscience; study and report on methods to increase electronic health record (EHR) use by small health care providers; contracts for the offering of exchange-participating health benefits plans; payment rates for items and services; modernized payment initiatives and delivery system reforms; provider participation under the public health insurance option; limitations on health care related expenditures including distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drugs or insulin; excise tax on medical devices; permitting physician assistants to order post-hospital extended care services and to provide for recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients; resource-based feedback program for physicians in Medicare; modifications to the physician quality reporting initiative; home infusion therapy report to Congress; durable medical equipment (DME) program improvements; MedPAC study and report on bone mass measurement; payment for biosimilar biological products; study and report on DME competitive bidding process; reducing potentially preventable hospital readmissions; post-acute care services payment reform plan and bundling pilot program; Institute of Medicine study on geographic variation in health care spending and promoting high-value health care; implementation, and Congressional review, of proposal to revise Medicare payments to promote high-value health care; phase-in of payment based on fee-for-service costs; quality bonus payments for Medicare Advantage plans; improvements to Medicare Part D including elimination of coverage gap; discounts for certain Part D drugs in original coverage gap; repeal of provision relating to submission of claims by pharmacies located in or contracting with long-term care facilities; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under Part D; no mid-year formulary changes permitted; negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries; accurate dispensing in long-term care facilities and free generic fill; elimination of part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual-eligible individuals; intelligent assignment in enrollment; demonstration to promote access for Medicare beneficiaries with limited English proficiency by providing reimbursement for culturally and linguistically appropriate services; accountable care organization pilot program; medical home pilot program; coverage and waiver of cost-sharing for preventive services; expanding access to vaccines; expansion of Medicare-covered preventive services at Federally Qualified Health Centers; independence at home demonstration program; recognition of certified Diabetes Educators as certified providers for purposes of Medicare Diabetes outpatients self-management training services; comparative effectiveness research; establishment of national priorities for quality improvement; development of new quality measures; GAO evaluation of data collection process for quality measurements; multi-stakeholder pre-rulemaking input into selection of quality measures; application of quality measures; reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies under Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP and physicians and other health care entities and between physicians and other health care entities; requirement for public reporting by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers on health care-associated infections; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; increased funding and flexibility to fight fraud and abuse; enhanced penalties for false statements on provider or supplier enrollment applications; enhanced penalties for submission of false statements material to a false claim; enhanced penalties for delaying inspections; enhanced hospice program safeguards; enhanced penalties for individuals excluded from program participation; enhanced penalties for obstruction of program audits; exclusion of certain individuals and entities from participation in Medicare and State health care programs; enhanced CMS program protection authority; enhanced Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP program disclosure requirements relating to previous affiliations; require providers and suppliers to adopt programs to reduce waste, fraud and abuse; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; telehealth expansion and enhancements; physicians who order DME or home health services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; face-to-face encounter with patient required before eligibility certifications for home health services or DME; required repayments of Medicare and Medicaid overpayments; expanded application of hardship waivers for OIG exclusions to beneficiaries of any federal health care program; requiring provider and supplier payments under Medicare to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer at insured depository institutions; under Medicaid and CHIP, required coverage of preventive services, tobacco cessation, medical home pilot program, inclusion of public health clinics under the vaccines for children program, accountable care organization pilot program, state option to disregard certain income in providing continued Medicaid coverage for certain individuals with extremely high prescription, payments to pharmacists (AMP), assuring adequate payment levels for services; report on Medicaid payments, health care acquired conditions, require providers and suppliers to adopt programs to reduce waste, fraud and abuse, overpayments, termination of provider participation under Medicaid and CHIP if terminated under Medicare or other State plan or Child health plan, Medicaid and CHIP exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control and management affiliations; requirement to report expanded set of data elements under Medicaid Management Information System to detect fraud and abuse, and extension of QI program; improved coordination and protection for dual-eligibles; assessment of Medicare cost-intensive diseases and conditions; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; frontline health providers loan repayment program; health workforce evaluation and assessment; improving accountability for approved medical residency training; other health care workforce issues; prevention and wellness; implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care; assistant Secretary for health information; expanded participation in 340B Program; improvements to 340B Program integrity; No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza: demonstration program using elementary and secondary schools as influenza vaccination centers; implementation of medication management services in treatment of chronic diseases; community-based collaborative care networks; Institute of Medicine conference on pain; pain research at NIH; public awareness campaign on pain management; licensure pathway for biosimilar biological products; Indian Health Care Improvement; and Medicare vaccine coverage issues (Medicare Part B vs. Part D).] HR 3590/ Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Sections on: reinsurance for early retirees; non-discrimination in health care; essential health benefits requirements; financial integrity in Exchanges; MedPAC study on adequacy of Medicare payments for health care providers serving in rural areas; coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women in Medicaid; distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin; administrative simplification; payment for biosimilar biological products; approval pathway for biosimilar biological products; patient-centered outcomes research; special rules; prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide; presentation of prescription drug benefit and risk information; provider screening and other enrollment requirements under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; enhanced Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; physicians who order items or services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; requirement for physicians to provide documentation on referrals to programs at high risk of waste and abuse; face to face encounter with patient required before physicians may certify eligibility for home health services or durable medical equipment under Medicare; enhanced penalties; adjustments to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program; termination of provider participation under Medicaid if terminated under Medicare or other State plan; Medicaid exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control, and management affiliations; health information technology enrollment standards and protocols; improvements to the physician quality reporting system; hospital readmissions reduction program; community-based care transitions program; Medicare Advantage payment; demostration project to evaluate integrated care around a hospitalization; state option to provide health homes for enrollees with chronic conditions; pediatric accountable care organization demonstration project; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; Medicare shared savings program; national pilot program on payment bundling; independence at home demonstration program; establishing community health teams to support the patient-centered medical home; Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations; elimination of exclusion of coverage of certain drugs; providing adequate pharmacy reimbursement (AMP); exemption of certain pharmacies from DMEPOS accreditation requirements; payment adjustments for home health care; Medicare coverage gap discount program; immediate reduction in coverage Medicare Part D gap in 2010; improved information for subsidy eligible individuals reassigned to prescription drug plans and MAPD plans; improving formulary requirements for prescription drug plans and MAPD plans with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs; elimination of cost sharing for certain dual eligible individuals; uniform exceptions and appeals process for prescription drug plans and MAPD plans; Office of the Inspector General studies and reports; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under part D; reducing wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities under prescription drug plans and MAPD plans; medication management (MTM) services in treatment of chronic disease; advancing research and treatment for pain care management; National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council; clinical and community preventive services; Medicare coverage of annual wellness visit providing a personalized prevention plan; removal of barriers to preventive services in Medicare; incentives for prevention of chronic diseases in Medicaid; community transformation grants; healthy aging, living well - evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries; CDC and employer-based wellness programs; coverage of preventive health services; immunizations; community health insurance option; level playing field; State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid; ensuring the quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; national strategy to improve health care quality; interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality; quality measure development; quality measurement; data collection; public reporting; health care delivery system research; quality improvement technical assistance; demonstration program to integrate quality improvement and patient safety training into clinical education of health professionals; transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests; prescription drug sample transparency; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; national health care workforce commission; health care workforce assessment; public health workforce recruitment and retention programs; allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs; grants for State and local programs; training in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship; geriatric education and training: career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; United States Public Health Sciences Track; interdisciplinary, community-based linkages (to support the existing health care workforce); and Medicare vaccine coverage issues (Medicare Part B vs. Part D).] Public Law 111-31 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on smoking cessation, advertising and marketing of tobacco products; and sale and distribution of tobacco. [Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 0991-AB54] HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information [Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)] [Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 0991AB55] HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement HHS Draft Healthy People 2020 Objectives Concept - Role of Pharmacist-Provided Patient Care Services in Health Care Reform Concept - Include Pharmacists and Pharmacies in H1N1 and seasonal flu immunization activities Concept - National Health Service Corp

Client expense: $149,615 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 2345, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide an exclusion from Red Flag guidelines for health care practices with 20 or fewer employees, and H.R. 3763, to amend the Fair Credit Report Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag guidelines for certain businesses, as they relate to dental practices. An as yet unnumbered Senate bill, the Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010, as it relates to the regulation of dental practices by a consumer Financial Protection Agency.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: an FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft - (all sections of full text)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 (unnumbered), as it relates to the regulation of dental practices by a newly-established consumer protection agency; H.R. 3763, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses. H.R. 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flags Rule, an FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft;

Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flags Rule; H.R. 3763, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing; H.R. 3014, the Small Business Health Information Technology (HIT) Financing Act of 2009, to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase HIT products. Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 (unnumbered), as it relates to the regulation of dental practices by a newly-established consumer protection agency.

Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 3763/HR 2345, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses

Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 2345, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009/ Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009; H.R. 2751, General issues relating to the automotive industry; H.R. 4016; H.R. 3994/S. 1938;H.R. 355/ S. 1536

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 750 - Caring for an Aging America Act HR 2891 - Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 HR 756/S 660 - National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 Under Line 17: We would like to include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HR 1259 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 HR 1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on smoking cessation, advertising and marketing of tobacco products; and sale and distribution of tobacco. S 1213 - A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of comparative effectiveness research. HR 2345 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices S 1213 - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009 S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act [Sections on: ensuring quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; seeking the best medical advice; spending for Federally Qualified Health Centers; national strategy; presentation of drug information; center for health outcomes research and evaluation; administrative simplification; right choices program; grants to establish community health teams to support a medical home model; grants to implement medication therapy management services in treatment of chronic disease; national health care workforce commission; funding for National Health Service Corps; geriatric education and training, career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; nurse education, practice, and retention grants; increasing Access to clinical preventive services, and increase prevention and wellness provisions.] HR 3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 [Sections on: ensuring adequacy of provider networks; essential benefits package defined; Health Benefits Advisory Committee; outreach and enrollment of exchange-eligible individuals and employers in Exchange-participating health benefits plan; payment rates for items and services; reducing potentially preventable hospital readmissions; post acute care services payment reform plan; requiring drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for certain, full premium subsidy eligible individuals; phasedin elimination of coverage gap; repeal of provision relating to submission of claims by pharmacies located in or contracting with long-term care facilities; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D; permitting mid-year changes in enrollment; telehealth expansion and enhancements; intelligent assignment in enrollment; ensuring effective communication in Medicare; Accountable Care Organization pilot program; medical home pilot program; coverage and waiver of cost-sharing for preventive services; comparative effectiveness research; reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies under Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP and physicians and other health care entities and between physicians and other health care entities; distribution of unused residency positions; require providers and suppliers to adopt programs to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse; payments to pharmacists (AMP); Task Force on Clinical Preventive Services; fully integrated dual eligible special needs plans; public health and workforce development; prevention and wellness; preventive cost sharing services; amendments to establish a medication therapy management grant program, pharmacy benefit manager transparency; and allowing direct price negotiations in Medicare Part D.] S 1796 - America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 [Sections on: health care coverage, including sections on the Health Benefits Advisory Committee, making coverage affordable, Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations, Medicaid prescription drug coverage, changes to Medicaid payment for prescription drugs (AMP); Medicaid quality; promoting disease prevention and wellness including sections on Medicare (annual wellness visit, study on beneficiary access to immunizations, removing barriers to preventive services, and incentives for healthy lifestyles) and Medicaid (improving access to preventive services for eligible adults, incentives for healthy lifestyles, and Medicaid state plan option promoting health homes and integrated care); improving the quality and efficiency of health care including sections on physician value-based purchasing, quality infrastructure, Accountable Care Organizations, and CMS Innovation Center; strengthening primary care and other workforce improvements; Medicare Part D improvements including sections improving coverage in the Part D coverage gap, facilitation of reassignments of beneficiaries in low-income subsidy plans, strengthening formularies with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs, and limitation on removal or change of coverage of covered Part D drugs under a formulary; Medicare Advantage including section on Medicare Advantage payment; home health payment changes including section on durable medical equipment; improving Medicare for patients and providers, including sections on Medicare diabetes self-management training, and revisions to demonstration project on community health integration models in certain rural counties; administrative simplification including section on changes to HIPAA; ensuring Medicare sustainability including section on Medicare Commission; transparency and program integrity including sections on physician payment sunshine and prescription drug samples; fraud, waste, and abuse including sections on provider screening, provider compliance and penalties; revenue items including sections on employer health insurance reporting, and annual fee on clinical laboratories; the inclusion of PBM transparency and the medications therapy management grant program in section 213 of S1679; and changes to long-term care pharmacy utilization management provisions.] HR 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act [Sections on: wellness program grants; administrative simplification; ensuring adequacy of provider networks; essential benefits package defined; requiring information transparency and plan disclosure; state prohibitions on discrimination against health care providers; protection of physician prescriber information; nondiscrimination on abortion and respect for rights of conscience; study and report on methods to increase electronic health record (EHR) use by small health care providers; contracts for the offering of exchange-participating health benefits plans; payment rates for items and services; modernized payment initiatives and delivery system reforms; provider participation under the public health insurance option; limitations on health care related expenditures including distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drugs or insulin; excise tax on medical devices; permitting physician assistants to order post-hospital extended care services and to provide for recognition of attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients; resource-based feedback program for physicians in Medicare; modifications to the physician quality reporting initiative; home infusion therapy report to Congress; durable medical equipment (DME) program improvements; MedPAC study and report on bone mass measurement; payment for biosimilar biological products; study and report on DME competitive bidding process; reducing potentially preventable hospital readmissions; post-acute care services payment reform plan and bundling pilot program; Institute of Medicine study on geographic variation in health care spending and promoting high-value health care; implementation, and Congressional review, of proposal to revise Medicare payments to promote high-value health care; phase-in of payment based on fee-for-service costs; quality bonus payments for Medicare Advantage plans; improvements to Medicare Part D including elimination of coverage gap; discounts for certain Part D drugs in original coverage gap; repeal of provision relating to submission of claims by pharmacies located in or contracting with long-term care facilities; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under Part D; no mid-year formulary changes permitted; negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries; accurate dispensing in long-term care facilities and free generic fill; elimination of part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual-eligible individuals; intelligent assignment in enrollment; demonstration to promote access for Medicare beneficiaries with limited English proficiency by providing reimbursement for culturally and linguistically appropriate services; accountable care organization pilot program; medical home pilot program; coverage and waiver of cost-sharing for preventive services; expanding access to vaccines; expansion of Medicare-covered preventive services at Federally Qualified Health Centers; independence at home demonstration program; recognition of certified Diabetes Educators as certified providers for purposes of Medicare Diabetes outpatients self-management training services; comparative effectiveness research; establishment of national priorities for quality improvement; development of new quality measures; GAO evaluation of data collection process for quality measurements; multi-stakeholder pre-rulemaking input into selection of quality measures; application of quality measures; reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies under Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP and physicians and other health care entities and between physicians and other health care entities; requirement for public reporting by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers on health care-associated infections; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; increased funding and flexibility to fight fraud and abuse; enhanced penalties for false statements on provider or supplier enrollment applications; enhanced penalties for submission of false statements material to a false claim; enhanced penalties for delaying inspections; enhanced hospice program safeguards; enhanced penalties for individuals excluded from program participation; enhanced penalties for obstruction of program audits; exclusion of certain individuals and entities from participation in Medicare and State health care programs; enhanced CMS program protection authority; enhanced Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP program disclosure requirements relating to previous affiliations; require providers and suppliers to adopt programs to reduce waste, fraud and abuse; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; telehealth expansion and enhancements; physicians who order DME or home health services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; face-to-face encounter with patient required before eligibility certifications for home health services or DME; required repayments of Medicare and Medicaid overpayments; expanded application of hardship waivers for OIG exclusions to beneficiaries of any federal health care program; requiring provider and supplier payments under Medicare to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer at insured depository institutions; under Medicaid and CHIP, required coverage of preventive services, tobacco cessation, medical home pilot program, inclusion of public health clinics under the vaccines for children program, accountable care organization pilot program, state option to disregard certain income in providing continued Medicaid coverage for certain individuals with extremely high prescription, payments to pharmacists (AMP), assuring adequate payment levels for services; report on Medicaid payments, health care acquired conditions, require providers and suppliers to adopt programs to reduce waste, fraud and abuse, overpayments, termination of provider participation under Medicaid and CHIP if terminated under Medicare or other State plan or Child health plan, Medicaid and CHIP exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control and management affiliations; requirement to report expanded set of data elements under Medicaid Management Information System to detect fraud and abuse, and extension of QI program; improved coordination and protection for dual-eligibles; assessment of Medicare cost-intensive diseases and conditions; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; frontline health providers loan repayment program; health workforce evaluation and assessment; improving accountability for approved medial residency training; other health care workforce issues; prevention and wellness; implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care; assistant Secretary for health information; expanded participation in 340B Program; improvements to 340B program integrity; No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza: demonstration program using elementary and secondary schools as influenza vaccination centers; implementation of medication management services in treatment of chronic diseases; community-based collaborative care networks; institute of medicine conference on pain; pain research at NIH; public awareness campaign on pain management; licensure pathway for biosimilar biological products; and Indian Health Care Improvement.] HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Sections on: reinsurance for early retirees; non-discrimination in health care; essential health benefits requirements; financial integrity in Exchanges; MedPAC study on adequacy of Medicare payments for health care providers serving in rural areas; coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women in Medicaid; distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin; administrative simplification; payment for biosimilar biological products; approval pathway for biosimilar biological products; patient-centered outcomes research; special rules; prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide; presentation of prescription drug benefit and risk information; provider screening and other enrollment requirements under Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; enhanced Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions; maximum period for submission of Medicare claims reduced to not more than 12 months; physicians who order items or services required to be Medicare enrolled physicians or eligible professionals; requirement for physicians to provide documentation on referrals to programs at high risk of waste and abuse; face to face encounter with patient required before physicians may certify eligibility for home health services or durable medical equipment under Medicare; enhanced penalties; adjustments to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program; termination of provider participation under Medicaid if terminated under Medicare or other State plan; Medicaid exclusion from participation relating to certain ownership, control, and management affiliations; health information technology enrollment standards and protocols; improvements to the physician quality reporting system; hospital readmissions reduction program; community-based care transitions program; Medicare Advantage payment; demostration project to evaluate integrated care around a hospitalization; state option to provide health homes for enrollees with chronic conditions; pediatric accountable care organization demonstration project; establishment of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within CMS; Medicare shared savings program; national pilot program on payment bundling; independence at home demonstration program; establishing community health teams to support the patient-centered medical home; Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations; elimination of exclusion of coverage of certain drugs; providing adequate pharmacy reimbursement (AMP); exemption of certain pharmacies from DMEPOS accreditation requirements; payment adjustments for home health care; Medicare coverage gap discount program; immediate reduction in coverage Medicare Part D gap in 2010; improved information for subsidy eligible individuals reassigned to prescription drug plans and MAPD plans; improving formulary requirements for prescription drug plans and MAPD plans with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs; elimination of cost sharing for certain dual eligible individuals; uniform exceptions and appeals process for prescription drug plans and MAPD plans; Office of the Inspector General studies and reports; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out-of-pocket threshold under part D; reducing wasteful dispensing of outpatient prescription drugs in long-term care facilities under prescription drug plans and MAPD plans; medication management services in treatment of chronic disease; advancing research and treatment for pain care management; National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council; clinical and community preventive services; Medicare coverage of annual wellness visit providing a personalized prevention plan; removal of barriers to preventive services in Medicare; incentives for prevention of chronic diseases in Medicaid; community transformation grants; healthy aging, living well - evaluation of community-based prevention and wellness programs for Medicare beneficiaries; CDC and employer-based wellness programs; coverage of preventive health services; immunizations; community health insurance option; level playing field; State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid; ensuring the quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; national strategy to improve health care quality; interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality; quality measure development; quality measurement; data collection; public reporting; health care delivery system research; quality improvement technical assistance; demonstration program to integrate quality improvement and patient safety training into clinical education of health professionals; transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests; prescription drug sample transparency; pharmacy benefit managers transparency requirements; national health care workforce commission; health care workforce assessment; public health workforce recruitment and retention programs; allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs; grants for State and local programs; training in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship; geriatric education and training: career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; United States Public Health Sciences Track; interdisciplinary, community-based linkages (to support the existing health care workforce); Amendments: Improvements in Medicare Part D MTM programs in Freshman Amendments; Modernize Americas health care system provide for a performance-based pharmacy reimbursement program under Medicare part D (S.A. 3119); Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009 (S.A. 2793) Provide for establishment and maintenance of chronic care pharmacy program (S.A. 3109).] Public Law 111-3 - Reauthorization of Childrens Health Insurance Plans on pharmacist appointment to MEDPAC [Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 0991-AB54] HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information [Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)] [Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 0991AB55] HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement (Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0247) FDA Transparency Task Force; Request for Comments (Docket Number FDA2009N0441) Promotion of Food and Drug Administration-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools; Notice of Public Hearing (Docket Number DEA321a) Identification of Institution-based Individual Practitioners (Docket No. FDA2009N0294) Regulation of Tobacco Products; Request for Comments AHRQ Proposed Collection Project: Health IT Community Tracking Study 2009 HHS Draft Healthy People 2020 Objectives Concept - Role of Pharmacist-Provided Patient Care Services in Health Care Reform Concept - Include Pharmacists and Pharmacies in 2009 H1N1 and seasonal flu immunization activities Concept - National Health Service Corp

Client expense: $117,517 · 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), SENATE, White House Office

HR 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: an FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft - (all sections of full text)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: An FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: - Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing. HR 3014, the Small Business HIT Financing Act of 2009 -- to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase HIT products.

Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 2345, To exempt veterinarians from the Red Flags Rule for dsmall businesses until November 1, 2009 (Final Rule on Identity Theft Red Flags, 72 Fed. Reg. 63718 (Nov. 9, 2007)).

Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

HR 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: An FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: - Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing. HR 3014, the Small Business HIT Financing Act of 2009 -- to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase HIT products.

Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 2345 A bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 859 - Small Business Cooperatives for Healthcare Options to Improve Coverage for Employees (CHOICE) Act, all provisions. HR 2345 - Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009, all provisions. HR 3014 - Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act, all provisions

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR756/S660 - National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009 HR179 - Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act S1213 - A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of comparative effectiveness research. Under Line 17: We would like to include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HR2891 - Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009 HR1259 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009 HR1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on smoking cessation, advertising and marketing of tobacco products; and sale and distribution of tobacco. HR2345 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices S256 - Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009 S750 - Caring for an Aging America Act S1213 - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009 HR676 - U.S. National Health Insurance Act on the inclusion of medication therapy management services S1679 & Draft Bill Affordable Health Choices Act (Sections on ensuring quality of care; affordable choices of health benefit plans; seeking the best medical advice; spending for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs); national strategy; presentation of drug information; center for health outcomes research and evaluation; administrative simplification; right choices program; grants to establish community health teams to support a medical home model; grants to implement medication management services in treatment of chronic disease; national health care workforce commission; funding for National Health Service Corps; geriatric education and training, career awards, comprehensive geriatric education; nurse education, practice, and retention grants; increasing Access to Clinical Preventive Services, and increase prevention and wellness provisions) HR3200 & Draft Bill - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 [Sections on ensuring adequacy of provider networks; essential benefits package defined; Health Benefits Advisory Committee; outreach and enrollment of exchange-eligible individuals and employers in Exchange-participating health benefits plan; payment rates for items and services; reducing potentially preventable hospital readmissions; post acute care services payment reform plan; requiring drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for certain, full premium subsidy eligible individuals; phasedin elimination of coverage gap; repeal of provision relating to submission of claims by pharmacies located in or contracting with long-term care facilities; including costs incurred by AIDS drug assistance programs and Indian Health Service in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D; permitting mid-year changes in enrollment; telehealth expansion and enhancements; intelligent assignment in enrollment; ensuring effective communication in Medicare; Accountable Care Organization pilot program; medical home pilot program; coverage and waiver of cost-sharing for preventive services; comparative effectiveness research; reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors of covered drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies under Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP and physicians and other health care entities and between physicians and other health care entities; distribution of unused residency positions; require providers and suppliers to adopt programs to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse; payments to pharmacists; Task Force on Clinical Preventive Services; fully integrated dual eligible special needs plans (FIDESNP); public health and workforce development; prevention and wellness; preventive cost sharing services; Butterfield Amendment - Establishes an Medication Therapy Management Grant Program (House Engery and Commerce Committeee's HR3200); Weiner Amendment - Creates PBM Transparency (House Engery and Commerce Committeee's HR3200); and Schakowsky Amendment - Allows direct price negotiations in Medicare Part D (House Engery and Commerce Committeee's HR3200)] Draft Bill Access to Birth Control Act Chairman's Mark - America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 [sections on health care coverage including sections on the Health Benefits Advisory Committee, making coverage affordable, Medicaid coverage for the lowest income populations, Medicaid prescription drug coverage, changes to Medicaid payment for prescription drugs (AMP); Medicaid quality; promoting disease prevention and wellness including sections on Medicare (annual wellness visit, study on beneficiary access to immunizations, removing barriers to preventive services, and incentives for healthy lifestyles) and Medicaid (improving access to preventive services for eligible adults, incentives for healthy lifestyles, and Medicaid state plan option promoting health homes and integrated care); improving the quality and efficiency of health care including sections on physician value-based purchasing, quality infrastructure, Accountable Care Organizations, CMS Innovation Center; strengthening primary care and other workforce improvements; Medicare Part D improvements including sections improving coverage in the Part D coverage gap, facilitation of reassignments of beneficiaries in low-income subsidy plans, strengthening formularies with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs, and limitation on removal or change of coverage of covered Part D drugs under a formulary; Medicare Advantage including section on Medicare Advantage payment; home health payment changes including section on Durable Medical Equipment; improving Medicare for patients and providers including sections on Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training, revisions to demonstration project on community health integration models in certain rural counties; administrative simplification including section on changes to HIPAA;ensuring Medicare sustainability including section on Medicare Commission; transparency and program integrity including sections on physician payment sunshine and prescription drug samples; fraud, waste, and abuse including sections on provider screening, provider compliance and penalties; revenue items including sections on employer health insurance reporting, annual fee on clinical laboratories; the inclusion of PBM transparency and the medications therapy management grant program in section 213 of S1679; and changes to long-term care pharmacy utilization management provisions] Concept - Role of Pharmacist-Provided Patient Care Services in any Integrated Care Model, Hospital Readmissions and Medication Therapy Management Services in Health Care Reform Concept - Include Pharmacists and Pharmacies in 2009 H1N1 and seasonal flu immunization activities (Docket No. FDA2009N0294) Regulation of Tobacco Products; Request for Comments AHRQ Proposed Collection Project: Health IT Community Tracking Study 2009

Client expense: $157,696 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 2345, To exempt veterinarians from the Red Flags Rule for small businesses until November 1, 2009 (Final Rule on Identity Theft Red Flags, 72 Fed. Reg. 63718 (Nov. 9, 2007)

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 2345 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices with 20 or fewer employees.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2345 A bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2345, a bill to exempt small businesses from having to comply with the Red Flag Rule: An FTC regulation issued with the intent to help reduce identity theft. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: - Continuation and expansion of Section 179 expensing. HR 3014, the Small Business HIT Financing Act of 2009 -- to extend credit to small health care providers/businesses who purchase HIT products.

Client expense: $680,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 859, Small Business Cooperatives for Healthcare Options to Improve Coverage for Employees (CHOICE) Act, all provisions. HR 2345, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, all provisions. HR 3014, Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act, all provisions.

Client expense: $207,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2221 - Data Accountability and Trust Act - New requirements and prohibitions for information brokers. HR 2345 - Amend Fair Credit Report Act-Revisions to the duties of some health care practices in use of consumer reports. HR 2417 - Identity Protection Act of 2009 - Requirements and prohibitions for use of SSN and other account information.

Client expense: $173,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE