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2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
PL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation S. 603 - The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, insurer excise tax S. 399/H.R. 903 - The American Job Protection Act H.R. 763 - to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers H.R. 2667 - Authority For Mandate Delay Act H.R. 1726/H.R. 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act, risk corridors ***, no specific bill(s), Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts, Transparency, Health Information Technology, Electronic Prescribing, Insurance Market Reform, Uninsured, Employer Based Health System, Health Care Reform, Small Group Market Reform, Exchanges, Health Care Reform Implementation, Medical Loss Ratios, Risk Corridors and Reinsurance
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
PL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation, health care reform H.R. 903/S. 399 - The American Job Protection Act, insurer excise tax repeal S. 603 - The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, insurer excise tax H.R. 763 - to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers H.R. 544 - Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act H.R. 2667 - Authority For Mandate Delay Act H.R. 1726/H.R. 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act, risk corridors ***, no specific bill(s), Health Savings Accounts/Medical Saving Accounts, Transparency, Health Information Technology, Electronic Prescribing, Insurance Market Reform, Government Plan Option, Uninsured, Employer Based Health System, Health Care Reform, Small Group Market Reform, Exchanges, Health Care Reform Implementation, Medical Loss Rates, Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), Delivery System Reform, Risk Corridors and Reinsurance
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
PL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation S. 603 - The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, insurer excise tax S. 399/H.R. 903 - The American Job Protection Act H.R. 763 - to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers H.R. 2667 - Authority For Mandate Delay Act H.R. 1726/H.R. 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act, risk corridors ***, no specific bill(s), Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts, Transparency, Health Information Technology, Electronic Prescribing, Insurance Market Reform, Uninsured, Employer Based Health System, Health Care Reform, Small Group Market Reform, Exchanges, Health Care Reform Implementation, Medical Loss Ratios, Risk Corridors and Reinsurance
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
PL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation, health care reform H.R. 903/S. 399 - The American Job Protection Act, insurer excise tax repeal S. 603 - The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, insurer excise tax H.R. 763 - to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers H.R. 544 - Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act H.R. 2667 - Authority For Mandate Delay Act H.R. 1726/H.R. 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act, risk corridors ***, no specific bill(s), Health Savings Accounts/Medical Saving Accounts, Transparency, Health Information Technology, Electronic Prescribing, Insurance Market Reform, Government Plan Option, Uninsured, Employer Based Health System, Health Care Reform, Small Group Market Reform, Exchanges, Health Care Reform Implementation, Medical Loss Rates, Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), Delivery System Reform, Risk Corridors and Reinsurance
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act Implementation Cadillac Tax H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act of 2013 H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act H.R. 45, to repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014
Client expense: $3,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
| Republican |
| MI |
| Charles W. Boustany Jr. | Republican | LA |
| Dan Benishek | Republican | MI |
| Dave Camp | Republican | MI |
| David G. Reichert | Republican | WA |
| Devin Nunes | Republican | CA |
| Diane Black | Republican | TN |
| Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Republican | AR |
| Erik Paulsen | Republican | MN |
| James B. Renacci | Republican | OH |
| Jim Gerlach | Republican | PA |
| John Kline | Republican | MN |
| Kenny Marchant | Republican | TX |
| Kevin Brady | Republican | TX |
| Lynn Jenkins | Republican | KS |
| Mark Meadows | Republican | NC |
| Marsha Blackburn | Republican | TN |
| Mike Coffman | Republican | CO |
| Mike Kelly | Republican | PA |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | Republican | OH |
| Paul D. Ryan | Republican | WI |
| Peter J. Roskam | Republican | IL |
| Sam Graves | Republican | MO |
| Sam Johnson | Republican | TX |
| Spencer Bachus | Republican | AL |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
| Todd Young | Republican | IN |
| Tom Price | Republican | GA |
| Tom Reed | Republican | NY |
| Vern Buchanan | Republican | FL |
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Various issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); Health insurance tax repeal (H.R. 763, S. 603); ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Auto Enroll Repeal Act (H.R. 1254); Health care related tax issues; Consumer directed health products; Entitlement reform; H.R. 2575 H.R. 1634-FSA; ERISA; H.R. 2577; H.R. 2667; H.R. 2835; H.R. 2988; S. 1188; H.R. 3489 - transitional reinsurance; S. 1647; S. 2176 - ACA reporting requirements; S. 2253 - transitional reinsurance; H.R. 4414 - ex-pat; S. 2546 -auto-enroll repeal; H.R. 5557; H.R. 5860 - HRAs
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Various issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); Health insurance tax repeal (H.R. 763, S. 603); ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Auto Enroll Repeal Act (H.R. 1254); Health care related tax issues; Consumer directed health products; Entitlement reform; H.R. 2575 H.R. 1634-FSA; ERISA; H.R. 2577; H.R. 2667; H.R. 2835; H.R. 2988; S. 1188; H.R. 3489 - transitional reinsurance; S. 1647; S. 2176 - ACA reporting requirements
Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; MLR Broker Fees: Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) regarding proposals to allow additional types of carriers including regional PPOs to be included in the coverage options offered by OPM FEHBP Modernization Act circulation draft President's budget, regional PPOs, government contributions HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act HR 2668 Introduced by Young (R-IN) on July 17, 2013 Fairness for Families Act Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851. 4406 HR 2328 Introduced in House June 12, 2013 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. (R-MI) Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exclude remuneration paid for licensed independent insurance producers from administrative cost calculations for purposes of calculating the medical-loss ratio of a health insurance plan. HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19,2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues; Multi-State Plan Program Implementation; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-party payment of premiums; Electronic Health Records (EHRs); Health IT Roadmap; Contraception Rule; Expatriate Legislation. S. 1486 Introduced August 1, 2013 by Sen. Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE) Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of federal law relating to the funding of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) retirement and health care systems, operations, revenue, and governance.. Section 104 Substitute Amendment. HR 3362 Introduced October 29, 2013 by Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE) Exchange Information Disclosure Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand reporting requirements related to health care exchanges. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish reports weekly through March 31, 2015, on: (1) consumer interactions with healthcare.gov or subsequent sites and any efforts undertaken to remedy problems that impact taxpayers and consumers, (2) calls to the federal customer service call center, including the number of calls received by the call center, problems identified by users, and referrals of those calls; (3) all navigators and certified application counselors that have been trained and certified by health care exchanges; and (4) all agents and brokers who have been trained and certified by the federal health care exchange. HR 762 Introduced in House February 15, 2013 by Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) Health Care Choice Act of 2013 - Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by such provisions. HR 1701 Introduced April 24, 2013 by Ted Poe (R-TX) Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information. HR 3985 Introduced February 3, 2014 by Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party administrators, for any period after December 31, 2014, from being required to make payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state. Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds. Limits to 2014 the applicability of the program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums . HR 4496 Introduced April 28, 2014 by Cory Gardner (R-CO) Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Requires each state to mitigate the health costs of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state high risk pool HR 4777 Introduced May 30, 2014 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. HR 3522 Introduced November 18, 2013 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. HR 5214 Introduced July 28, 2014 by Pete Olsen (R-TX) To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care. HR 3750 Introduced December 12, 2013 by Donna Matsui (D-CA) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 - Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and to consider adopting conditions under which such a professional should: have access to the individual's medical history. HR 4633 Introduced May 9, 2014 by H. Griffith (R-VA) Insurance Rate Transparency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that specific health insurance premium increase information submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) be disclosed to Congress no later than 30 days after receipt of the information. HR 5453 Introduced September 11, 2014 by Bruce Braley (D-IA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $1,870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Banking
electric cooperative financing; S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Banking
electric cooperative financing; S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Various issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); Health insurance tax repeal (H.R. 763, S. 603); ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Auto Enroll Repeal Act (H.R. 1254); Health care related tax issues; Consumer directed health products; Entitlement reform; H.R. 2575 H.R. 1634-FSA; ERISA; H.R. 2577; H.R. 2667; H.R. 2835; H.R. 2988; S. 1188; H.R. 3489 - transitional reinsurance; S. 1647; S. 2176 - ACA reporting requirements; S. 2253 - transitional reinsurance; H.R. 4414 - ex-pat; S. 2546 -auto-enroll repeal; H.R. 5557; H.R. 5860 - HRAs
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783, H.R.5860, H.R. 3512
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (S.1485) Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R.2667) Comments/Testimony to FDA-Sec.907 of FDASIA Comments to CMS-Exchanges & Health Plans Qulaity Rating SystemCommunity Parks Revitalization Act (H.R.2424) Community Prevention Grants Continuous Coverage Act (S.1699) Draft Research Priorities (PCORI) EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2011 (H.R.3144) Fairness for American Families Act (H.R.2668) FDA LDT Oversight Food and Drug Administration Strategic Priorities 2014-2018 (FDA-2014-N-0833) FTC Child Food Marketing Health Care Waiver Fairness Act (H.R. 2700) Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R.5294) Healthy Kids Outdoors Act (H.R.4706) HHS- Clinical Trials Insurance Coverage (ACA Sec. 2709) If You Like Your Health Care, You Can Keep It Act (S.1617) Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R.1377) Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise Act (S.1642) Keep Your Health Plan Act (H.R.3350) Menu Labeling (ACA Section 4205) Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 1281/ S.1471) No Child Left Inside Act of 2013 (H.R.2702) Next Generation Research Act (S.1552) Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (H.R.1339 & S.641) Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act (H.R.1666) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152) - Implementation Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act (S.531 & H.R.2179) 2015 Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1612-P) Prevention and Public Health Fund (ACA Section 4002) Proposed Rule on 2016 Benefit & Payment Parameters (CMS) Proposed Rule on Multi-State Plan Program (OPM) Providing Accountability and Transperency to Incentivize Economically Necessary Transition in Health Care Act (H.R. 2688) Quality Rating System Scoring Specifications Comments (CMS) Research for All Act (H.R. 4879) Return to Work Act (S.1026 & H.R.3351) The HELP America Act (S.39) To Improve, Coordinate & Enhance Rehabilitation Research at NIH (S.1027) The Helping Sick Americans Now Act (H.R.1549) The Personal Health Investment Today Act (H.R. 956) Veterans Emergency Medical Technician Act of 2013 (H.R. 1281/ S. 1471) Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements (07-114; FCC 14-13) Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign Act (H.R. 2457)
Client expense: $176,171 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, 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), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Monitored HR 344, the Competitive Health Insurance Act Monitored HR 1254, to repeal a requirement that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in their employers health benefit plans Monitored HR 1326, the Health Care Price Transparency Act Monitored HR 1342, to Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act Monitored HR 1558, to lower health premiums and increase choice for small business Monitored HR 1990/S 983, the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act Monitored HR 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act Monitored HR 2700, the Health Care Waiver Fairness Act Monitored HR 3046, the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Improvement Act Monitored HR 4244, the Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act Monitored S 24, the Small Business Health Relief Act Monitored S 479, the Health Insurance Rate Review Act Monitored S 560, to construe the Individual Mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as a tax Monitored S 610, the Family Health Care Flexibility Act Monitored S 603, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act Monitored S 701, modifying the definition of full time employee for the purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Monitored HR 762, the Health Care Choice Act Monitored S 1154/HR 2938, the Exchange Sunset Act Monitored HR 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act Monitored S 1735/HR 3462, the Self-insurance Protection Act Monitored HR 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act Monitored S 1894, the Health Insurance Accountability Act Supported S 2205, the Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
2014 · fourth_quarter · Banking
S.1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013; FHA issues, Private Mortgage Insurance Eligibility Requirements.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
S.1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013; FHA issues, Private Mortgage Insurance Eligibility Requirements.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1254 - Auto Enroll Repeal ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111148) - Sections 1201, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1311, 1401, 1411, 1412, 1414, 1502, 1512, 1513, 1514, 4205 Section 4980H Budget Resolution - HConRes25; SConRes8 (SNAP provisions) S. 701 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 2988 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 S. 1188 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 2575 - Save American Workers Act of 2013 H.ConRes25 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 S.ConRes 8 - An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 H.R. 2667 - Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R. 3367 - Small Business and Family Relief Act H.R. 3522 Employee Health Protection Act H.R. 3489 To Amend Sec. 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program H.J.Res. 77 Food Drug and Administration Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 H.R. 3121 American Health Care Reform Act H.R. 3419 Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act S. 1735 Self-Insurance Protection Act S. 1724 - Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 S. 2176 To revise reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to preserve the privacy of individuals, and for other purposes. S. 2168 Small Business Stability Act H.R. 4302 - Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 S.2546 - A bill to repeal a requirement that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer's health benefits H.R. 4735/S.2253 - Health Care Fairness and Stability Act S.2205 - Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act S.2191 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and for other purposes Senate Draft - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 Senate Draft - Departments Of Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Bill H.R. 5557 - Streamlining Verification for Americans Act H.R.4 Jobs for America Act H.R. 5557 - To reform the verification and reporting processes for the health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Tracked proposed changes to the federal Affordable Care Act, including proposals to change requirements regarding employer reporting obligations, automatic enrollment of employees, delay of employer mandate provisions, and the 30-hour threshold triggering the employer mandate, including HR 1254, the Auto Enroll Repeal Act; HR 2575, the Save American Workers Act; HR 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act; HR 2988 and S 1188, the Forty Hours is Full Time Act; HR 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act; and S 2176, the Commonsense Reporting Act.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-148 (health care reform), provisions related to employer mandates, financing provisions, public plan option, medical malpractice liability reform, and association-based health insurance options; implementation of provisions related to the grandfathering of existing health plans; HR 903/S 399, repeal of the employer mandates penalties; HR 763/S 603, repeal of health insurance tax; HR 2667, one-year delay of employer mandate.
Client expense: $687,237 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act H.R. 45, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 H.R. 523, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 581, First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act H.R. 582, Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 781, Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2013 H.R. 903 / S. 399, American Job Protection Act H.R. 1248 / S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act H.R. 1254, Auto Enroll Repeal Act H.R. 1295, Medical Device Tax Elimination Act H.R. 1558 / S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 1735, In It All Together Act H.R. 1780, To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act H.R. 2674, Job Creation Act of 2013 H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2013 H.R. 2925, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2013 H.R. 2988 / S. 701 / S. 1188, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act of 2013 H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3124, Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act H.R. 3367, To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the application of the health insurance provider annual fee until 2016 and to provide a process to return to consumers any amounts attributable to the expected application of the annual fee to 2014 or 2015 H.R. 3419, Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act H.R. 3462 / S. 1735, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness (SIMPLE) Act H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014 H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 5183 / S. 2783, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2014 H.R. 5557, Streamlining Verification for Americans Act H.R. 5860, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014 S. 232, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act S. 612, Social Security Number Protection Act of 2011 S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 S. 1488, A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes S. 1647, Restoring Access to Medication Act Final Regulation on Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 33,157-33,176, June 3, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 54) Proposed Regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; standards related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation (77 Fed. Reg. 70,644-70,676, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 147, 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on the Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review (77 Fed. Reg. 70,584-70,617, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 147, 150) Proposed Regulation on the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 (77 Fed. Reg. 73,118-73,218, December 7, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 153, 155, 156, 157, 158) Proposed Regulation on Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing (78 Fed. Reg. 4,594-4,724, January 22, 2013) (to be codified at 42 C.F.R. Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, 457) Proposed Regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed Regulation regarding the Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Small Business Health Options Program (78 Fed. Reg. 15,553-15,558, March 11, 2013) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on the Health Insurance Providers Fee (78 Fed. Reg. 14,034-14,046, March 4, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 57) Proposed Regulation on Minimum Value of Eligible Employer-Sponsored Plans and Other Rules Regarding the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit (78 Fed. Reg. 25,909-25,916, May 3, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Proposed Regulation on Contract Year 2015 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, (79 Fed. Reg. 1,918-2,073, January 10, 2014) (to be codified at 42 C.F.R. pts. 409, 417, 422 et al.) Proposed Regulation on Exchange and Insurance Market Standards for 2015 and Beyond (79 Fed. Reg. 15,808-15,879, March 21, 2014) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 146, 147, 148 et al.) Proposed Regulation on Minimum Essential Coverage and Other Rules Regarding Shared Responsibility Payment for Individuals (79 Fed. Reg. 4,302-4,308, January 27, 2014) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Proposed Regulation on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 (79 Fed. Reg. 70,674-70,760, November 26, 2014) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 147 et al.) Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, implementation of regulatory process, legislative corrections, coverage, financing, delivery reform, 1099 reporting, Grandfathering, health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) changes, CMS claims database, IPAB, CLASS program, employer mandate, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, impact on small business, provider network adequacy, definition of small group market, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, the Small Business Tax Credit, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analyses, lack of quantified benefit analysis, need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, ERISA preemption, HSA and FSA accounts; Public Health Service Act (P.L. 78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), including regulatory process and legislative corrections to the ERISA preemption; deliver reform changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug (Part D) programs, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices; entitlement reform; health information technology; legal protections against certain self-referral to physician owned hospitals
Client expense: $21,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act Implementation Cadillac Tax H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act of 2013 H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act H.R. 45, to repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014
Client expense: $3,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 903, S. 339 to repeal the employer mandate in the ACA H.R. 2667 to delay the employer mandate in ACA by 1 year H.R. 2668 to delay the individual mandate in the ACA by 1 year ACA Affordability Issues narrow networks
Client expense: $175,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
**see addendum pagePL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation S. 603 - The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, insurer excise tax S. 399/H.R. 903 - The American Job Protection Act H.R. 763 - to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers H.R. 2667 - Authority For Mandate Delay Act H.R. 1726/H.R. 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act, risk corridors H.R. 3750 - Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013, definition ***, no specific bill(s), Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts, Transparency, Health Information Technology, Electronic Prescribing, Insurance Market Reform, Uninsured, Employer Based Health System, Health Care Reform, Small Group Market Reform, Exchanges, Health Care Reform Implementation, Medical Loss Ratios, Risk Corridors and Reinsurance
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 351 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 S. 351 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 H.R. 2663 - To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. S. 1422 - A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. S. 1193 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013 H.R. 2668 - Fairness for American Families Act H.R. 2667 - Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R.1326 - Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2013 S.1685 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination Act of 2013 H.R. 3547 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 S. 1932 - Better Care, Lower Cost Act H.R.3890 - Better Care, Lower Cost Act H.Con.Res.96 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. S. 1871 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013 H.R. 2810 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013 H.R. 4015 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 4209 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S. 2000 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S. 2110 - Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S. 2122 - Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S. 2157 - Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4302 - Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 H.J. Res. 124 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 H.R. 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 H.J. Res. 130 - Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 351 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 S. 351 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 H.R. 2663 - To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. S. 1422 - A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. S. 1193 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013 H.R. 2668 - Fairness for American Families Act H.R. 2667 - Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R.1326 - Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2013 S.1685 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination Act of 2013 H.R. 3547 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 S. 1932 - Better Care, Lower Cost Act H.R.3890 - Better Care, Lower Cost Act H.Con.Res.96 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. S. 1871 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013 H.R. 2810 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013 H.R. 4015 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 4209 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S. 2000 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 S. 2110 - Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S. 2122 - Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 S. 2157 - Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4302 - Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 H.J. Res. 124 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 H.R. 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 H.J. Res. 130 - Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
**see addendum pagePL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation, health care reform H.R. 903/S. 399 - The American Job Protection Act, insurer excise tax repeal S. 603 - The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, insurer excise tax H.R. 763 - to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers H.R. 544 - Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act H.R. 2667 - Authority For Mandate Delay Act H.R. 1726/H.R. 3541/H.R. 3821/H.R. 4406 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act, risk corridors S. 1468 - Postal Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act H.R. 2328 - Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act FEHBP Modernization Act, regional PPOs ***, no specific bill(s), Health Savings Accounts/Medical Saving Accounts, Transparency, Health Information Technology, Electronic Prescribing, Insurance Market Reform, Government Plan Option, Uninsured, Employer Based Health System, Health Care Reform, Small Group Market Reform, Exchanges, Health Care Reform Implementation, Medical Loss Ratios, Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), Delivery System Reform, Risk Corridors and Reinsurance, Affordable Private Health Care, State-Based Regulation, Health Care Quality, Back-end Systems Issues, Telehealth, ACA Implementation
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
See attached addendum for General Lobbying Issue Area: HCR - HealthcareAffordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; MLR Broker Fees: Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) regarding proposals to allow additional types of carriers including regional PPOs to be included in the coverage options offered by OPM FEHBP Modernization Act circulation draft President's budget, regional PPOs, government contributions HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act HR 2668 Introduced by Young (R-IN) on July 17, 2013 Fairness for Families Act Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851. 4406 HR 2328 Introduced in House June 12, 2013 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. (R-MI) Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exclude remuneration paid for licensed independent insurance producers from administrative cost calculations for purposes of calculating the medical-loss ratio of a health insurance plan. HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19,2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues; Multi-State Plan Program Implementation; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-party payment of premiums; Electronic Health Records (EHRs); Health IT Roadmap; Contraception Rule; Expatriate Legislation. See following page on Health Care Reform issuesS. 1486 Introduced August 1, 2013 by Sen. Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE) Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of federal law relating to the funding of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) retirement and health care systems, operations, revenue, and governance.. Section 104 Substitute Amendment. HR 3362 Introduced October 29, 2013 by Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE) Exchange Information Disclosure Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand reporting requirements related to health care exchanges. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish reports weekly through March 31, 2015, on: (1) consumer interactions with healthcare.gov or subsequent sites and any efforts undertaken to remedy problems that impact taxpayers and consumers, (2) calls to the federal customer service call center, including the number of calls received by the call center, problems identified by users, and referrals of those calls; (3) all navigators and certified application counselors that have been trained and certified by health care exchanges; and (4) all agents and brokers who have been trained and certified by the federal health care exchange. HR 762 Introduced in House February 15, 2013 by Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) Health Care Choice Act of 2013 - Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by such provisions. HR 1701 Introduced April 24, 2013 by Ted Poe (R-TX) Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information. HR 3985 Introduced February 3, 2014 by Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party administrators, for any period after December 31, 2014, from being required to make payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state. Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds. Limits to 2014 the applicability of the program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums . HR 4496 Introduced April 28, 2014 by Cory Gardner (R-CO) Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Requires each state to mitigate the health costs of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state high risk pool HR 4777 Introduced May 30, 2014 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. HR 3522 Introduced November 18, 2013 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. HR 5214 Introduced July 28, 2014 by Pete Olsen (R-TX) To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care. See following page on Health Care Reform issuesHR 3750 Introduced December 12, 2013 by Donna Matsui (D-CA) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 - Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and to consider adopting conditions under which such a professional should: have access to the individual's medical history. HR 4633 Introduced May 9, 2014 by H. Griffith (R-VA) Insurance Rate Transparency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that specific health insurance premium increase information submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) be disclosed to Congress no later than 30 days after receipt of the information. HR 5453 Introduced September 11, 2014 by Bruce Braley (D-IA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $2,030,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Oppose sequestration cuts which will disproportionately affect family planning services for low income women. Oppose budget cuts that threaten services to populations with unequal access to high quality health care. Support full implemantation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act; oppose efforts to repeal it. Oppose Cruz amendment to S Con Res 8 Support the inclusion of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) amendment in H. R. 1947 / S. 954Support $600 million from oil and gas revenues be invested in the Land and Water Conservation Fund and that the program be fully funded by 2015. Support continued funding for federal programs that are aimed at addressing racial and ethnic health disparities, including the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Program ($8.59 million increase of $63.49 million for the REACH program); the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ($55.8 million in FY 2014); the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program ($42.5 million in FY 2014); and the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). Also support $42.5 million for the HSS Office of Civil Rights in FY 2014; $283.3 million for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities in FY 2014; $520 million for Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act n FY 2014; $327 million for Title X of the Public Health Service Act in FY 2014; $1.58 billion level discretionary funding in addition to maintaining all funds available through the mandatory Health Center Fund for Community Health Centers in FY 2014; $2.668 billion for the Ryan White Program in FY 2014; and a sufficient in amount to meet data collection objectives across HHS agencies, divisions, and programs in FY 2014. Support $7.9 billion in FY 2014 from the Department of Health and Human Services for Head Start activities. Oppose H.R. 2667. Oppose H.R. 2668. Support full implememntation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Oppose H.R. 45. Oppose Schweikert amendment to H.R. 1947 striking funds for the Healthy Food Financing Inititative. Ensure the full implememtation of the Affordable Care Act in Mississippi. Oppose H.R. 2775. Oppose H.R. 2009. Oppose H.R. 367. Stated that in response to questions regarding Section 1557 of the Afordable Care Act that the burdens of costly health care are not distributed evenly. Rather, they fall disproportionately on communities of color, which are more likely to experience higher rates of unemployment, to have jobs that do not have health insurance, and to have lower incomes that put higher insurance premiums out of their financial reach. Support Health Care Equity, especially as it applies to racial and ethnic minorities. Support the recommendation by the US Preventative Services Task Force on Lung Cancer Screening, giving such screening a favorable grade of B. Urged the Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to administer section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, in the final regulations that OCR promulgates. Support data about how new drugs and devices work in women, minorities, and older Americans be publicly available to patients, clinicians, and researchers on a consistent and reliable basis.Support for including the following programs in any year-end health extenders package: the Qualified Individual (QI) program, the Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) program, and Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) as well as the state incentive payment provisions and funding for quality improvement in the Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA). Support Protecting Seniors from Medication Labeling Mistakes. Oppose HR 4118. Support a release of the enrollment in the Affordable Care Act disaggregated by age, race, ethnicity, and primary language. Support improving the Tax Code to advance cost-effective policies that can bolster healthy lifestyles in key populations, and hold promise for halting or reversing the nations costly and unsustainable obesity epidemic. Support bringing the Affordable Care Act into compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Support coverage of lung cancer screening as a Medicare benefit consistent with the final favorable recommendation of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued December 31, 2013. Support lifting the ban on federal funding for syringe services programs (SSPs). Support President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals: Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement. Support H.R. 4765. Support coverage of lung cancer screening as a Medicare benefit consistent with the final favorable recommendation of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) , which gave the process a "B" grade. Support requested funding for the Ryan White HIV / AIDS Program, which offers health services for people living with HIV / AIDS, be set at $2.32 billion. Support HR 4810. Support the Nadler (NY) Housing for Persons with AIDS amendment to HR 4745. Oppose H. Res. 676. Support the Capps (CA) motion to recommit H.R. 935. Oppose H.R. 935. Oppose HR 3522. Support the request to the FDA to extend the comment period in Docket No.FDA-2013-N-0500, RIN 0910-AG94, in order to hear from healthcare and other stakeholders including providers and leaders who serve female, racial and ethnic minority populations, constituencies and consumers and who could offer expertise, experience, and perspective. Support H.R. 5294.Support full funding in FY15 for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Program, the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program, and the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). Support S. 2841 / H.R. 5507. Support a four-year extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Support HR 4765. Oppose funding cuts to programs which provide care and treatment, prevention, housing and support services for people with HIV/AIDS. Support nomination of Vivek Hallegere Murthy to be the next Surgeon General of the United States. Support a reallocation of the payroll tax to support the Social Security disability fund. Oppose HR 4118 Support HR 3474 Support HR 3979 Oppose HR 2575 Oppose HR 3522
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-442: Lifespan Respite Care Act; PL 109-365: Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006; PL 111-148: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; PL 111-152: Affordable Health Care for America Act; PHS 42 USC 254C-8: Healthy Start Reauthorization of 2007; PL 111-192: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act; PL 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029: Health Care & Education Reconciliation Act; HR 351: Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare; HR 713/S 367: Repeal Outpatient Rehab Caps; HR 928/S 408: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings & Choice Act; HR 132: ObamaCare Repeal Act; S 1028: Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013; S 1034/HR 1960: National Defense Authorization Act 2014; S 948/HR 942: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013; S 1562: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2013; HR 2667: Authority for Mandate Delay Act; HR 2668: Fairness for American Families Act: HR 2009: Keep the IRS Off Your Healthcare Act; S 1546: Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2013; S 152: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2013; S 423/HR 564: Family-to-Family Health Information Centers; HR 3850/HR 4122: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2014; HR 3114: Helping Families & Seniors Save on Health Care Act of 2014; HR 4118: SIMPLE (Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals) Fairness Act of 2014; HR 4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; S 2110: Medicare SGR Repeal & Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014; S 2410/HR 4435: National Defense Authorization Act 2015; S 2449/HR 4631: Autism CARES (Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support) Act of 2014; S 531: Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act; S 2539: TBI Reauthorization Act; S 531: Physical Activity Guidelines; and S 1847: National Defense Authorization Act.
Client expense: $74,594 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protection American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013; issues relate to DFA reform, including the systemic risk definition (HR 4060, HR 4788)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013; appraisal issues; HOEPA/DFA Implementation; H.R. 1779, S 1828 Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; HUD Manufactured Housing Code.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Housing
S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013; appraisal issues; HOEPA/DFA Implementation; H.R. 1779, S 1828 Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; HUD Manufactured Housing Code
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Act of 2013; H.R. 2667, Protection American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; MLR Broker Fees: Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) regarding proposals to allow additional types of carriers including regional PPOs to be included in the coverage options offered by OPM. FEHBP Modernization Act circulation draft President's budget, regional PPOs, government contributions HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act HR 2668 Introduced by Young (R-IN) on July 17, 2013 Fairness for Families Act Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851, 4406 HR 2328 Introduced in House June 12, 2013 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. (R-MI) Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to exclude remuneration paid for licensed independent insurance producers from administrative cost calculations for purposes of calculating the medical-loss ratio of a health insurance plan. HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19, 2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ration of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues; Multi-State Plan Program Implementation; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-Party payment of premiums; Electronic Health Records (EHRs); Health IT Roadmap; Contraception Rule; Expatriate Legislation. S. 1486 Introduced August 1, 2013 by Sen. Carper,Thomas R. (D-DE) Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of federal law relating to the funding of the U.S.Postal Service (USPS) retirement and health care systems, operations, revenue, and governance. Section 104 Substitute Amendment. HR 3362 Introduced October 29, 2013 by Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE) Exchange Information Disclosure Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand reporting requirements related to health care exchanges. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish reports weekly through March 31, 2015, on: (1) consumer interactions with healthcare.gov or subsequent sites and any efforts undertaken to remedy problems that impact taxpayers and consumers, (2) calls to the federal customer service call center, including the number of calls received by the call center, problems identified by users, and referrals of those calls; (3) all navigators and certified application counselors that have been trained and certified by health care exchanges; and (4) all agents and brokers who have been trained and certified by the federal health care exchange. HR 762 Introduced in House February 15, 2013 by Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) Health Care Choice Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information. HR 3985 Introduced February 3, 2014 by Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party administrators, or any period after December 31, 2014, from being requirement to make payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state. Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds. Limits to 2014 the applicability of the program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. HR 4496 Introduced April 28, 2014 by Cory Gardner (R-CO) Covering People With Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014 - Requires each state to mitigate the health costs of high risk individuals in the state through a state reinsurance program or a state high risk pool. HR 4777 Introduced May 30, 2014 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. HR 3522 Introduced November 18, 2013 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. HR 5214 Introduced July 28, 2014 by Pete Olsen (R-TX) To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care. HR 3750 Introduced December 12, 2013 by Donna Matsui (D-CA) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 - Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and to consider adopting conditions under which such a professional should have access to the individual's medical history. HR 4633 Introduced May 9, 2014 by H. Griffith (R-VA) Insurance Rate Transparency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that specific health insurance premium increase information submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) be disclosed to Congress no later than 30 days after receipt of the information. HR 5453 Introduced September 11, 2014 by Bruce Braley (D-IA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database Medicare Cost Contract Extension Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851. 4406 HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19,2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-party payment of premiums; HR 3985 Introduced February 3, 2014 by Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Prohibits health insurance issuers and third-party administrators, for any period after December 31, 2014, from being required to make payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for a transitional reinsurance program for the individual health insurance market in each state. Allows payments to issuers, as limited by this Act, only to the extent of available funds. Limits to 2014 the applicability of the program of risk corridors, under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market shall participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums .
Client expense: $44,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; MLR Broker Fees: Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) regarding proposals to allow additional types of carriers including regional PPOs to be included in the coverage options offered by OPM FEHBP Modernization Act circulation draft President's budget, regional PPOs, government contributions HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act HR 2668 Introduced by Young (R-IN) on July 17, 2013 Fairness for Families Act Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851. 4406 HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19,2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues; Multi-State Plan Program Implementation; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-party payment of premiums; Electronic Health Records (EHRs); Health IT Roadmap;Contraception Rule; Expatriate Legislation. S. 1486 Introduced August 1, 2013 by Sen. Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE) Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of federal law relating to the funding of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) retirement and health care systems, operations, revenue, and governance.. Section 104 Substitute Amendment. HR 4777 Introduced May 30, 2014 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. HR 3522 Introduced November 18, 2013 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement,and for other purposes. HR 5214 Introduced July 28, 2014 by Pete Olsen (R-TX) To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care. HR 5453 Introduced September 11, 2014 by Bruce Braley (D-IA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Health Care Repeal Act; Employer Mandate Repeal; HR 1254, Auto Enroll Repeal Act; HR 763, to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 2575, Save American Workers Act; HR 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act; HR 2668, Fairness for American Families Act; HR 2988, Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2013; S 2168, Small Business Stability Act; S 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Navy, Dept of, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Secretary of Defense, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
OSHA Fall Protection, Davis-Bacon, Employee Misclassification, NLRB and DOL proposed rules on union elections, micro-unions, and persuader activity, proposals related to NLRB joint employer liability, proposals related to health reimbursement arrangements, proposals related to association health plans. S. 665: Protecting America's Workers Act, H.R. 803: The Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act, S. 1356: Workforce Investment Act of 2013, H.R. 436: The Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, H.R. 2667: The Authority to Mandate Delay Act, H.R. 2668: The Fairness for American Families Act, H.R. 2575: The Save American Workers Act of 2013, policies related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including the employer mandate, Shared Responsibility Rules and the implementation of the small business exchanges (no specific bill number), OSHA Crystalline Silica Rulemaking, H.R. 1648: Protecting America's Workers Act, S. 805: Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013, Nomination of David Weil, S. 2168: Small Business Stability Act, H.R. 4320: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, H.R. 4321: Employee Privacy and Protection Act, S. 1188: Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2013, S. 2176: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014, H.R. 2149, S. 1031: Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013, H.R. 5860: Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014, proposals related to health reimbursement arrangements.
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783, H.R.5860, H.R. 3512
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Various issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); Health insurance tax repeal (H.R. 763, S. 603); ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Auto Enroll Repeal Act (H.R. 1254); Health care related tax issues; Consumer directed health products; Entitlement reform; H.R. 2575H.R. 1634-FSA; ERISA; H.R. 2577; H.R. 2667; H.R. 2835; H.R. 2988; S. 1188; H.R. 3489 - transitional reinsurance; S. 1647; S. 2176 - ACA reporting requirements; S. 2253 - transitional reinsurance; H.R. 4414 - ex-pat; S. 2546 -auto-enroll repeal; H.R. 5557; H.R. 5860 - HRAs
Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-148 (health care reform), provisions related to employer mandates, financing provisions, public plan option, medical malpractice liability reform, and association-based health insurance options; implementation of provisions related to the grandfathering of existing health plans; HR 903/S 399, repeal of the employer mandates penalties; HR 763/S 603, repeal of health insurance tax; HR 2667, one-year delay of employer mandate.
Client expense: $692,094 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (S.1485) Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R.2667) Comments/Testimony to FDA-Sec.907 of FDASIA Comments to CMS-Exchanges & Health Plans Qulaity Rating SystemCommunity Parks Revitalization Act (H.R.2424) Community Prevention Grants Continuous Coverage Act (S.1699) Draft Research Priorities (PCORI) EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2011 (H.R.3144) Fairness for American Families Act (H.R.2668) Food and Drug Administration Strategic Priorities 2014-2018 (FDA-2014-N-0833) Health Care Waiver Fairness Act (H.R. 2700) Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R.5294) Healthy Kids Outdoors Act (H.R.4706) HHS- Clinical Trials Insurance Coverage (ACA Sec. 2709) If You Like Your Health Care, You Can Keep It Act (S.1617) Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R.1377) Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise Act (S.1642) Keep Your Health Plan Act (H.R.3350) Menu Labeling (ACA Section 4205) Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 1281/ S.1471) No Child Left Inside Act of 2013 (H.R.2702) Next Generation Research Act (S.1552) Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (H.R.1339 & S.641) Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act (H.R.1666) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148; P.L. 111-152) - Implementation Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act (S.531 & H.R.2179) 2015 Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1612-P) Prevention and Public Health Fund (ACA Section 4002) Proposed Rule on 90-Day Waiting Period (DOL/CMS/IRS) Proposed Rule on Exchange & Market Standards (CMS) Providing Accountability and Transperency to Incentivize Economically Necessary Transition in Health Care Act (H.R. 2688) Quality Rating System Scoring Specifications Comments (CMS) Research for All Act (H.R. 4879) Return to Work Act (S.1026 & H.R.3351) Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Neurological Disorders (SSA-2006-0140) The HELP America Act (S.39) To Improve, Coordinate & Enhance Rehabilitation Research at NIH (S.1027) The Helping Sick Americans Now Act (H.R.1549) The Personal Health Investment Today Act (H.R. 956) Veterans Emergency Medical Technician Act of 2013 (H.R. 1281/ S. 1471) Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements (07-114; FCC 14-13) Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign Act (H.R. 2457)
Client expense: $19,160 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Private Health Care: Effect of the Health Insurance Tax, defined Essential Health Benefits, and Age Rating on premiums; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms State-based regulation: State Oversight of Rates; Properly designed state based health insurance exchanges to improve competition and maximize choice; federal exchanges; Multi-State Health Plans; Centralized All-Payer Database Medical Loss Ratios: Level Playing Field for MLRs; Consistent reporting requirements for all insurers; MLR Broker Fees: Health Care Quality: Delivery System Incentives to Promote Better Care; Payment Reforms; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Evidence Based Care; Wellness; Chronic Care Management HR 2667 Introduced by Griffin (R-AR) on July 11, 2013 Authority for Mandate Delay Act HR 2668 Introduced by Young (R-IN) on July 17, 2013 Fairness for Families Act Bailouts for Insurance Companies, S. 1726, H.R. 3541, 3812, 3851. 4406 HR 2328 Introduced in House June 12, 2013 Rep. Rogers, Mike J. (R-MI) HR 3541 introduced by Tim Griffin November 19,2013 Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act - Repeals the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and administer a program of risk corridors for calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016 under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Other general Affordable Care Act topics related to multiple parts of legislation: ACA Implementation and back-end issues; Multi-State Plan Program Implementation; Risk Corridors and Risk Mitigation; Reinsurance; Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) implementation; Third-party payment of premiums; Electronic Health Records (EHRs); Health IT Roadmap; Contraception Rule; Expatriate Legislation. HR 3362 Introduced October 29, 2013 by Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE) Exchange Information Disclosure Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to expand reporting requirements related to health care exchanges. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish reports weekly through March 31, 2015, on: (1) consumer interactions with healthcare.gov or subsequent sites and any efforts undertaken to remedy problems that impact taxpayers and consumers, (2) calls to the federal customer service call center,including the number of calls received by the call center, problems identified by users, and referrals of those calls; (3) all navigators and certified application counselors that have been trained and certified by health care exchanges; and (4) all agents and brokers who have been trained and certified by the federal health care exchange. HR 762 Introduced in House February 15, 2013 by Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) Health Care Choice Act of 2013 - Repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related requirements of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended or repealed by such provisions. HR 1701 Introduced April 24, 2013 by Ted Poe (R-TX) Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing,administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information. HR 4777 Introduced May 30, 2014 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. HR 3522 Introduced November 18, 2013 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. HR 3750 Introduced December 12, 2013 by Donna Matsui (D-CA) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 - Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and to consider adopting conditions under which such a professional should: have access to the individual's medical history. HR 5453 Introduced September 11, 2014 by Bruce Braley (D-IA) To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Monitored HR 344, the Competitive Health Insurance Act Monitored HR 1254, to repeal a requirement that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in their employers health benefit plans Monitored HR 1326, the Health Care Price Transparency Act Monitored HR 1342, to Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act Monitored HR 1558, to lower health premiums and increase choice for small business Monitored HR 1990/S 983, the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act Monitored HR 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act Monitored HR 2700, the Health Care Waiver Fairness Act Monitored HR 3046, the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Improvement Act Monitored HR 4244, the Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act Monitored S 24, the Small Business Health Relief Act Monitored S 479, the Health Insurance Rate Review Act Monitored S 560, to construe the Individual Mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as a tax Monitored S 610, the Family Health Care Flexibility Act Monitored S 603, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act Monitored S 701, modifying the definition of full time employee for the purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Monitored HR 762, the Health Care Choice Act Monitored S 1154/HR 2938, the Exchange Sunset Act Monitored HR 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act Monitored S 1735/HR 3462, the Self-insurance Protection Act Monitored HR 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act Monitored S 1894, the Health Insurance Accountability Act Supported S 2205, the Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act H.R. 45, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 H.R. 523, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 581, First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act H.R. 582, Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 781, Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2013 H.R. 903 / S. 399, American Job Protection Act H.R. 1248 / S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act H.R. 1254 /S. 2546, Auto Enroll Repeal Act H.R. 1295, Medical Device Tax Elimination Act H.R. 1558 / S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 1735, In It All Together Act H.R. 1780, To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange H.R. 2194 / S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act H.R. 2674, Job Creation Act of 2013 H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2013 H.R. 2925, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2013 H.R. 2988 / S. 701 / S. 1188, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act of 2013 H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3124, Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act H.R. 3367, To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the application of the health insurance provider annual fee until 2016 and to provide a process to return to consumers any amounts attributable to the expected application of the annual fee to 2014 or 2015 H.R. 3419, Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act H.R. 3462 / S. 1735, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness (SIMPLE) Act H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014 H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 5183 / S. 2783, Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2014 H.R. 5213, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality (STARS) Act of 2014 H.R. 5557, Streamlining Verification for Americans Act S. 232, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act S. 612, Social Security Number Protection Act of 2011 S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 S. 1488, A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes S. 1647, Restoring Access to Medication Act Proposed Regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; standards related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation (77 Fed. Reg. 70,644-70,676, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 147, 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on the Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review (77 Fed. Reg. 70,584-70,617, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 147, 150) Proposed Regulation on the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 (77 Fed. Reg. 73,118-73,218, December 7, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 153, 155, 156, 157, 158) Proposed Regulation on the Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation, (77 Fed. Reg. 70,644-70,676, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 147, 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing (78 Fed. Reg. 4,594-4,724, January 22, 2013) (to be codified at 42 C.F.R. pts. 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, 457) Proposed Regulation on Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (77 Fed. Reg. 70,620-70,642, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 54) Proposed Regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) Proposed Regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed Regulation regarding the Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Small Business Health Options Program (78 Fed. Reg. 15,553-15,558, March 11, 2013) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on the Health Insurance Providers Fee (78 Fed. Reg. 14,034-14,046, March 4, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 57) Proposed Regulation on Minimum Value of Eligible Employer-Sponsored Plans and Other Rules Regarding the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit (78 Fed. Reg. 25,909-25,916, May 3, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Proposed Regulation on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2015 (78 Fed. Reg. 72,322-72,392, December 2, 2013) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 147, 153, 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on Amendments to Excepted Benefits (78 Fed. Reg. 77,632-77,642, December 24, 2013) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 2590) Proposed Regulation on Contract Year 2015 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, (79 Fed. Reg. 1,918-2,073, January 10, 2014) (to be codified at 42 C.F.R. pts. 409, 417, 422 et. al.) Proposed Regulation on Exchange and Insurance Market Standards for 2015 and Beyond (79 Fed. Reg. 15,808-15,879, March 21, 2014) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 146, 147, 148 et al.) Proposed Regulation on Ninety-Day Waiting Period Limitation (79 Fed. Reg. 10,320-10,325, February 24, 2014) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 2590; 45 C.F.R. pt. 147; and 26 C.F.R. pt. 147) Proposed Regulation on Minimum Essential Coverage and Other Rules Regarding Shared Responsibility Payment for Individuals (79 Fed. Reg. 4,302-4,308, January 27, 2014) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Draft Guidance Notices on Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Systems for Over-the-Counter Use (79 Fed. Reg. 829-830, January 7, 2014) Statement for the Record in Response to a Notice of Meeting on Employee welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (79 Fed. Reg. 28,555-28,556, May 16, 2014) Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), including implementation of regulatory process, legislative corrections, coverage, financing, delivery reform, 1099 reporting, ERISA preemption, Grandfathering, health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement accounts (HRAs), and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) changes, CMS claims database, IPAB, CLASS program, employer mandate, reporting requirements, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014; Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including regulatory process and legislative corrections to the ERISA preemption, the impact on small business, the small business tax credit, insurance coverage, financing, delivery reform; changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug (Part D) programs non-interference with prescription drug prices; entitlement reform; forty-hour work week; health information technology
Client expense: $28,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Various issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); Health insurance tax repeal (H.R. 763, S. 603); ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Auto Enroll Repeal Act (H.R. 1254); Health care related tax issues; Consumer directed health products; Entitlement reform; H.R. 2575H.R. 1634-FSA; ERISA; H.R. 2577; H.R. 2667; H.R. 2835; H.R. 2988; S. 1188; H.R. 3489 - transitional reinsurance; S. 1647; S. 2176 - ACA reporting requirements; S. 2253 - transitional reinsurance; H.R. 4414 - ex-pat; S. 2546 -auto-enroll repeal; H.R. 5557
Client expense: $750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1254 - Auto Enroll Repeal ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111148) - Sections 1201, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1311, 1401, 1411, 1412, 1414, 1502, 1512, 1513, 1514, 4205 Section 4980H Budget Resolution - HConRes25; SConRes8 (SNAP provisions) S. 701 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 2988 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 S. 1188 - Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 2575 - Save American Workers Act of 2013 H.ConRes25 - Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 S.ConRes 8 - An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 H.R. 2667 - Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R. 3367 - Small Business and Family Relief Act H.R. 3522 Employee Health Protection Act H.R. 3489 To Amend Sec. 1341 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program H.J.Res. 77 Food Drug and Administration Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 H.R. 3121 American Health Care Reform Act H.R. 3419 Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act S. 1735 Self-Insurance Protection Act S. 1724 - Union Tax Fairness Act of 2013 S. 2176 To revise reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to preserve the privacy of individuals, and for other purposes. S. 2168 Small Business Stability Act H.R. 4302 - Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 S.2546 - A bill to repeal a requirement that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer's health benefits H.R. 4735/S.2253 - Health Care Fairness and Stability Act S.2205 - Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act S.2191 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, and for other purposes Senate Draft - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 Senate Draft - Departments Of Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Bill H.R. 5557 - Streamlining Verification for Americans Act H.R.4 Jobs for America Act
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
OSHA Fall Protection, Davis-Bacon, Employee Misclassification, NLRB and DOL proposed rules on union elections, micro-unions, and persuader activity, proposals related to NLRB joint employer liability, proposals related to health reimbursement arrangements, proposals related to association health plans. S. 665: Protecting America's Workers Act, H.R. 803: The Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act, S. 1356: Workforce Investment Act of 2013, H.R. 436: The Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, H.R. 2667: The Authority to Mandate Delay Act, H.R. 2668: The Fairness for American Families Act, H.R. 2575: The Save American Workers Act of 2013, policies related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including the employer mandate, Shared Responsibility Rules and the implementation of the small business exchanges (no specific bill number), OSHA Crystalline Silica Rulemaking, H.R. 1648: Protecting America's Workers Act, S. 805: Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013, Nomination of David Weil, S. 2168: Small Business Stability Act, H.R. 4320: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, H.R. 4321: Employee Privacy and Protection Act, S. 1188: Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2013, S. 2176: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014, H.R. 2149, S. 1031: Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013.
Client expense: $610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office