Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015

Public Law 112-144 - Implementation of Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) specifically pertaining to user fees used to train FDA staff and streamline approval process Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) - Implementation of UDI rule H.R. 6 - 21st Century Cures Initiative - Legislation to accelerate the pace of biomedical innovation and cures by modernizing federal research and regulatory agencies Innovation for Healthier Americans (Senate, companion) - Legislation to accelerate the pace of biomedical innovation and cures by modernizing federal research and regulatory agencies FDA/CMS Breakthrough Pathway - H.R. 5009 - Legislation to harmonize CMS Reimbursement with FDA Approval to speed products' market introduction S. 524 - H.R. 943 - Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA) - Bill to address the National Opioid epidemic. Specifically, Advocacy for FDA approved alternative treatments for Chronic Pain H.R. 4641 - Pain Best Practices

Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Appropriations language to improve the MSP debt collection process (not in legislative form) - Efforts to have Congress, through the appropriations process, prohibit CMS from referring any more MSP debt to Treasury until such time as the Agency has investigated its processes, remedied any faults, and certified to Congress that the program is in compliance with law and stakeholders' due process rights are being processed HR 943 - Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations Repeal Section 202(b) of the 2014 Budget Act, and Amend Section 1904(d)(3) of the Medicaid Act - (not in bill form) - Would rebalance distribution of recoveries between the states and the federal government in the Medicaid program

Client expense: $950,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Public Law 112-144 - Implementation of Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) specifically pertaining to user fees used to train FDA staff and streamline approval process Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) - Implementation of UDI rule H.R. 6 - 21st Century Cures Initiative - Legislation to accelerate the pace of biomedical innovation and cures by modernizing federal research and regulatory agencies Innovation for Healthier Americans (Senate, companion) - Legislation to accelerate the pace of biomedical innovation and cures by modernizing federal research and regulatory agencies FDA/CMS Breakthrough Pathway - Legislation to harmonize CMS Reimbursement with FDA Approval to speed products' market introduction S. 524 - H.R. 943 - Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act (CARA) - Bill to address the National Opioid epidemic. Specifically, Advocacy for FDA approved alternative treatments for Chronic Pain H.R. 4641 - Pain Best Practices

Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Appropriations language to improve the MSP debt collection process (not in legislative form) - Efforts to have Congress, through the appropriations process, prohibit CMS from referring any more MSP debt to Treasury until such time as the Agency has investigated its processes, remedied any faults, and certified to Congress that the program is in compliance with law and stakeholders' due process rights are being processed HR 943 - Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations Repeal Section 202(b) of the 2014 Budget Act, and Amend Section 1904(d)(3) of the Medicaid Act - (not in bill form) - Would rebalance distribution of recoveries between the states and the federal government in the Medicaid program

Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Appropriations language to improve the MSP debt collection process (not in legislative form) - Efforts to have Congress, through the appropriations process, prohibit CMS from referring any more MSP debt to Treasury until such time as the Agency has investigated its processes, remedied any faults, and certified to Congress that the program is in compliance with law and stakeholders' due process rights are being processed HR 943 - Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations Repeal Section 202(b) of the 2014 Budget Act, and Amend Section 1904(d)(3) of the Medicaid Act - (not in bill form) - Would rebalance distribution of recoveries between the states and the federal government in the Medicaid program

Client expense: $1,140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Appropriations language to improve the MSP debt collection process (not in legislative form) - Efforts to have Congress, through the appropriations process, prohibit CMS from referring any more MSP debt to Treasury until such time as the Agency has investigated its processes, remedied any faults, and certified to Congress that the program is in compliance with law and stakeholders' due process rights are being processed HR 943 - Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations Repeal Section 202(b) of the 2014 Budget Act, and Amend Section 1904(d)(3) of the Medicaid Act - (not in bill form) - Would rebalance distribution of recoveries between the states and the federal government in the Medicaid program

Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 943 - The Medicare Employer Relief Act - Support this bill, which would delete outdated sections of the statutes that require businesses and CMS to use paper questionnaires to share information about claims involving Medicare beneficiaries. This same information is now exchanged electronically so this bill would eliminate needless and wasteful paperwork by the government and employers alike.

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 943 - The Medicare Employer Relief Act - Support this bill, which would delete outdated sections of the statutes that require businesses and CMS to use paper questionnaires to share information about claims involving Medicare beneficiaries. This same information is now exchanged electronically so this bill would eliminate needless and wasteful paperwork by the government and employers alike.

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

Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Appropriations language to improve the MSP debt collection process (not in legislative form) - Efforts to have Congress, through the appropriations process, prohibit CMS from referring any more MSP debt to Treasury until such time as the Agency has investigated its processes, remedied any faults, and certified to Congress that the program is in compliance with law and stakeholders' due process rights are being processed HR 943 - Medicare Employer Relief Act of 2015 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare as secondary payer to repeal requirements for identification of secondary payer situations Repeal Section 202(b) of the 2014 Budget Act, and Amend Section 1904(d)(3) of the Medicaid Act - (not in bill form) - Would rebalance distribution of recoveries between the states and the federal government in the Medicaid program

Client expense: $1,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported