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Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act of 2009
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
H.R. 17, Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 H.R. 45, Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 H.R. 197, National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009 H.R. 257, Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2009 H.R. 442, Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009 H.R. 495, Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009 H.R. 834, Ramos and Compean Justice Act of 2009 H.R. 866, Law Enforcement Protection Act H.R. 1022, Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Act H.R. 1074, Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act H.R. 1303, Communities in Action Neighborhood Defense and Opportunity Act of 2009 H.R. 1620, Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2009 H.R. 1923, Fairness in Firearms Testing Act H.R. 2153, Second Amendment Restoration Act H.R. 2159, Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009, H.R. 2200, Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act H.R. 2202, Child Safety and Home Security Act of 2009 H.R. 2296, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009 H.R. 2324, Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2009 H.R. 2401, No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009 H.R. 2457, Veterans' 2nd Amendment Protection Act H.R. 3376, United States Mariner and Protection Act of 2009 H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 3749, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R. 3789, Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act of 2009 H.R. 4298, Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009 H.R. 4727, Keep Kids Safe Act of 2010 H.R. 5150, Second Amendment Enforcement Act H.R. 5162, Second Amendment Enforcement Act H.R. 5175, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act H.R. 5321, Airport Security Act of 2010 H.R. 5523, Firearms Freedom on Federal Lands Act H.R. 5552, Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 H.R. 5667, Firearms Microstamping Evaluation and Study Act of 2010 H.R. 5672, To protect the use of traditional hunting and fishing equipment on federal lands and to prevent unnecessary and unwarranted restrictions on the implements and equipment used by hunting and fishing communities H.R. 5673, To require that hunting activities be a land use in all in all management plans for federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the federal land is managed, and for other purposes H.R. 5700, Service Member Second Amendment Protection Act of 2010 H.R. 5718, Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act H.R. 5736, Firearm Owners Responsibility Act H.R. 5827, Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 H.R. 6137, Preventing Gun Violence Act H.R. 6240, Collectible Firearms Protection Act H.R. 6284, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle S. 160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 S. 371, Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009 S. 556, Firearms Transfer Improvement Act S. 632, Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act S. 669, Veterans' 2nd Amendment Protection Act S. 816, Preservation of the Second Amendment in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges Act S. 843, Gun Show Background Check Act of 2009 S. 845, Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009 S. 941, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009 S. 1132, Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2009 S. 1317, Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 S. 1526, No Firearms for Former Felons Act of 2009 S. 1638, Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act of 2009 S. 1770, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act S. 2820, PROTECT Act of 2009 S. 2878, Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009 S. 3265, Second Amendment Enforcement Act S. 3295, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act S. 3366, Firearm-Free Airport Act S. 3388, Service Member Second Amendment Protection Act of 2010 S. 3654, Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 S. 3942, Collectible Firearms Protection Act
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Client expense: $132,089 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; (cont.) INS (Legislative) H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, multi-state plans, insurance market reforms, health insurance exchanges, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, appeals procedures, disclosure requirements, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R.3681, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; H.R. 4563, Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney) coverage requirement for cancer screening; H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (Perriello) McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption; H.R. 4757, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Schakowsky) federal rate review process; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Spratt) changes to individual coverage requirement, grandfathered plans, immediate insurance reforms, premium assistance, CLASS Act, coverage issues, quality improvements, delivery system reforms; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; (cont.) INS (Legislative) S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Franken) medical loss ratios; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance, medical loss ratios, regulatory reform; S. 3078, Health Insurance Rate Authority Act (Feinstein) federal rate review process INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Client expense: $2,700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2009 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy (cont.) H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Reid) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, multi-state plans, insurance market reforms, health insurance exchanges, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, appeals procedures, disclosure requirements, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R.3681, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (cont.) H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (Dingell) Medicare physician payment; H.R. 3962, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance, federal rate review process, health care choice compacts, high risk pool program, McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R. 4078, Long-Term Care Insurance Disclosure Act (Perriello) model disclosure form for long-term care insurance; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1235, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (Landrieu) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; S. 1258, Family Building Act (Gillibrand) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Franken) medical loss ratios; S. 1796, Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance, medical loss ratios, regulatory reform INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Client expense: $2,540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2009 · third_quarter · Insurance
Americas Healthy Future Act (Baucus) government-run health plan, health insurance cooperatives, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance, medical loss ratios, regulatory reform (cont.) H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy; H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act (Dingell) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, CLASS Act, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 3217, Health Care Choice Act (Shadegg) national marketplace; H.R. 3584, Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) reinstatement of coverage upon payment of overdue premiums; H.R. 3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; H.R.3681, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Ellison) medical loss ratios; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform;S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1235, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (Landrieu) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; S. 1258, Family Building Act (Gillibrand) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; S. 1459, Health Care Choice Act (DeMint) national marketplace; S. 1626, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of LTCI disputed claims; S. 1636, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms for LTC insurance; S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act (Harkin) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance; S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Leahy) changes to McCarran-Ferguson Act; S. 1730, Fairness in Health Insurance Act (Franken) medical loss ratios (cont.) INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Client expense: $2,410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2009 · second_quarter · Insurance
Senate HELP Committee Draft Affordable Health Choices Act (Kennedy) government-run health plan, insurance market reforms, health benefit gateways, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, CLASS Act, regulatory reform, individual coverage requirement, premium assistance (cont.) Senate Finance Committee Draft Policy Options (Baucus-Grassley) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, premium assistance; House Tri-Committee Discussion Draft for Health Reform (Waxman, Rangel, Miller) government-run health plan, health insurance exchange, regulatory reform, health choices commissioner, insurance market reforms, individual coverage requirement, benefit packages, medical loss ratios, premium assistance; H.R. 323, Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act (Green) immunization coverage mandate; H.R. 584, Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapies and Alternative Treatments and Fairness Act (Lee) coverage mandate for hormone replacement therapy; H.R. 697, Family Building Act (Weiner) coverage mandate for infertility treatments; H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Israel) clinical trials coverage mandate; H.R. 850, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 859, Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) small employer health options; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act (Nadler) coverage mandate for mammograms; H.R. 1085, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) lifetime benefit limits; H.R. 1092, No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act (Kagen) preexisting condition exclusions, affiliation periods, uniform premiums; H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act (Burgess) disclosure of coverage exclusions; H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act (Eshoo) comprehensive health reform; H.R. 1330, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act (Boren) coverage mandate for cancer screening; H.R. 1339, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (McCarthy) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; H.R. 1558, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act (Courtney) preexisting condition exclusions; H.R. 1583, Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio) McCarran Ferguson reforms; H.R. 1619, Children's Health Protection Act (Schwartz) preexisting condition exclusions for children; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; H.R. 1721, CLASS Act (Pallone) national LTC program; H.R. 1880, National Insurance Consumer Protection Act (Bean) regulatory reform; H.R. 2360, SHOP Act (Kind) small employer health options; H.R. 2402, Woman's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Neal) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2413, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Doyle) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (DeLauro) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; H.R. 2457, Right to a Second Medical Opinion Act (Davis) coverage of second opinions; H.R. 2609, Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) Federal Office of Insurance Information; H.R. 2635, Gender Equity in Health Premiums Act (Sanchez) gender rating for health insurance; H.R. 2833, Medical Loss Ratios (Ellison) medical loss ratios; H.R. 2940, Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act (Davis) direct access to ob/gyns; S. 79, Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry) reinsurance; S. 93, Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) small employer health options; S. 391, Healthy Americans Act (Wyden) comprehensive health reform; S. 442, Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan) lifetime benefit limits; S. 488, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown) clinical trials coverage mandate; S. 623, Pre-existing Condition Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller) preexisting condition exclusions; S. 643, Children's Health Protection Act (Lautenberg) preexisting condition exclusions for children; S. 688, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe) rescissions, hospital stays for breast cancer patients; S. 697, CLASS Act (Kennedy) national LTC program; S. 819, Autism Treatment Acceleration Act (Durbin) coverage for autism spectrum disorders; S. 969, Women's Health Insurance Fairness Act (Kerry) gender rating for health insurance; S. 979, SHOP Act (Durbin) small employer health options; S. 1050, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act (Rockefeller) federal standards for health insurance, consumer information; S. 1149, Annual and Lifetime Health Care Limit Elimination Act (Rockefeller) annual and lifetime coverage limits; S. 1177, Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Kohl) LTC consumer protections; S. 1235, Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery Act (Landrieu) coverage mandate for treatment of a child's congenital or developmental deformity; S. 1258, Family Building Act (Gillibrand) coverage mandate for infertility treatments INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; issues related to COBRA subsidy requirements, and issues related to genetic nondiscrimination.
Client expense: $1,870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
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| MI |