Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007
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2008 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); H.R. 7077: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Dingell) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); H.R. 7197: Medicare Advantage Funding (Gonzalez) (provisions relating to limiting increases in Medicare Advantage payment rates); H.Res. 1368 (provisions relating to Medicare Funding Warning); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1589: Drug Rebate Equalization Act (Bingaman) (provisions relating to Medicaid drug rebates); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3560: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Baucus) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); S. 3604: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP); S. 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare Act (Schumer) (provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid regulation); S. 3869: Economic Stimulus (Reid) (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP and Medicaidd MCO provider taxes); S. 3710: Medicare Early Access Act (Rockefeller) (provisions relating to Medicare "buy-in" option); and S.J.Res. 44 (provisions relating to blocking implementation of SCHIP requirements). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues), bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, audits to evaluate compliance with MA and Part D program rules, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); quality meaasures, grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authority over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval and other operational issues, MA and Part D systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing and payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
Client expense: $2,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2008 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2034/S. 1218: Medicare for All Act H.R.1990/S.130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
HR 3162, Children's Health & Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (Medicare Payment/Reimbursement Reform); S.1218/HR 2034, Medicare for All Act (Medicare "buy-in"); S. 130/HR 1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension & Retirement Act of 2007 (private sector role in Medicare); S 3/HR 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 (Government Negotiation of Medicare Drug Prices); S 1102, Part D Equity for Low Income Seniors Act of 2007 (Special benefits for low income seniors); HR 1663, Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 (Medicare Mental Health Parity); HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (SHIP Extension and Expansion); HR 2184, Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007 (Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute; HR 971, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 (Medicare Pharmacist Antitrust Exemption), HR 4327, Medicare Chronic Care Practice Network (Establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and evaluate evidence based chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries); HR 1193, Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 (Modernize and improve the Medicare ESRD program); HR 6331, Electronic Prescription in Medicare; HR 6331, Medicare Improvements Act of 2008 (dealing with physician reimbursements and Medicare Advantage funding cuts); H. Res. 1368, Medicare "trigger" to warn against funding problem.
Client expense: $517,594 · Firm income: Not reported
2008 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Advantage - HR 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; Proposed legislation re this issue. Medigap insurance market issues - Proposed legislation re these issues. Medicare/Medicaid issues - S 706, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund; S 130, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007; HR 1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007; HR 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007; S 3, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007; S 1102, Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007; S 1103, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007; S 1107, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2007; S 1108, Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007; HR 2945, Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act of 2007; S 799, Community Choice Act of 2007; S 1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007; S 1507, Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007; S 1827, Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) Act of 2007; HR 3025, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors (Medicare Prescription Drug SOS) Act of 2007; HR 3061, Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act of 2007; HR 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; S 1893, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; S 1954, Pharmacy Access Improvement (PhAIm) Act of 2007; HR 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; S 2219, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2007; HR 3932, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2007; S 2408, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007; HR 4296, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007; S 1200, Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2008; HR 5480, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008; S 2662, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008; HR 5268, To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program; HR 6388, Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008; HR 5998, Fair and Justifiable Credit Card Interest Rate Act of 2008; S 2819, Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008; HR 6359, Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act of 2008; HR 6365, Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act of 2008; HR 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008; S 2620, To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid program; S 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; HR 5683, Government Accountability Office Act of 2008; HR 7110, Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008; S 3560, QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008; HR 7077, QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008; SJRes 44, blocking implementation of SCHIP; HRes 1368, Resolved, That section 803 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 shall not apply during the remainder of the 110th Congress; S 3604, Emergency Supplemental.
2008 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues relating to extending the Medicare Cost Contract Program: S.130 and H.R.1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007; S. 3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act of 2008; S.2499, the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; H.R.6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
| Democratic |
| CO |
| Norm Coleman | Republican | MN |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); H.R. 7077: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Dingell) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); H.Res. 1368 (provisions relating to Medicare Funding Warning); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3560: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Baucus) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); S. 3604: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP); and S.J.Res. 44 (provisions relating to blocking implementation of SCHIP requirements). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues) bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, and audits, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authority over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
Client expense: $1,630,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
HR 3162, Children's Health & Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (Medicare Payment/Reimbursement Reform); S.1218/HR 2034, Medicare for All Act (Medicare "buy-in"); S. 130/HR 1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension & Retirement Act of 2007 (private sector role in Medicare); S 3/HR 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 (Government Negotiation of Medicare Drug Prices); S 1102, Part D Equity for Low Income Seniors Act of 2007 (Special benefits for low income seniors); HR 1663, Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 (Medicare Mental Health Parity); HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (SHIP Extension and Expansion); HR 2184, Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007 (Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute; HR 971, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 (Medicare Pharmacist Antitrust Exemption), HR 4327, Medicare Chronic Care Practice Network (Establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and evaluate evidence based chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries); HR 1193, Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 (Modernize and improve the Medicare ESRD program); HR 6331, Electronic Prescription in Medicare; HR 6331, Medicare Improvements Act of 2008 (dealing with physician reimbursements and Medicare Advantage funding cuts); H. Res. 1368, Medicare "trigger" to warn against funding problem.
Client expense: $452,449 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2008 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2034/S. 1218: Medicare for All Act H.R.1990/S.130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007
Client expense: $1,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 2642: Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to moratoria on Medicaid regulations); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski); H.R. 5918: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Barrow); H.R. 5923: Patients Health Care Reform Act (Shadegg); H.R. 5955: Making Health Care More Affordable Act (Walberg); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums) (Forbes); H.R. 6081: Heroes Earning Assistance and Relief Tax Act (mental health parity and FSA provisions); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3118: Preserving Access to Medicare Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and electronic prescribing)(Grassley). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including encounter data issues) bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, and audits, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authorization over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
Client expense: $1,850,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2008 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2034/S. 1218: Medicare for All Act H.R.1990/S.130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 130, S. 3101, S. 3118, H.R. 3162, H.R. 1970, H.R. 6331
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
HR 3162, Children's Health & Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (Medicare Payment/Reimbursement Reform); S.1218/HR 2034, Medicare for All Act (Medicare "buy-in"); S. 130/HR 1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension & Retirement Act of 2007 (private sector role in Medicare); S 3/HR 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 (Government Negotiation of Medicare Drug Prices); S 1102, Part D Equity for Low Income Seniors Act of 2007 (Special benefits for low income seniors); HR 1663, Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 (Medicare Mental Health Parity); HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (SHIP Extension and Expansion); HR 2184, Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007 (Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute; HR 971, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 (Medicare Pharmacist Antitrust Exemption), HR 4327, Medicare Chronic Care Practice Network (Establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and evaluate evidence based chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries); HR 1193, Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 (Modernize and improve the Medicare ESRD program); HR 6331/S.3103, Medicare Improvements Act (dealing with physician reimbursements and Medicare Advantage funding cuts)
Client expense: $488,276 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2008 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Supported passage of H.R. 1990 and S. 130. Supported extension of Medicare Cost Contract program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 130 H.R. 3162 H.R. 1970
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act S 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act S 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act S 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage S 1883 Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2007 S 2499 Medicare, Medicaid & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. S 1218 Medicare for All Act HR 2034 Medicare for All Act S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension & Retirement Act of 2007 S3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 Medicare; Medicare Advantage; Medicare Part D; Comparative Effectiveness Research: HR3162 "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007" Section 904 only; HR2184 "Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act"; Medicare Electronic Helath Records; Pay for Performance S. 2785: Save Medicare Act of 2008 H.R. 4296/S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008; Comparative Effectiveness; Medicare Reform HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 HR 3932 Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2007 S 870 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Consolidated Coverage Act of 2007 S 1376 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 S 1507 Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007 S 1544 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 Competitive Bidding Contract Disclosure Regulations 340B Program H.R. 2945 Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act H.Con Res. 312 Budget Resolution S. 1954 Pharmacy Access Improvement Act S. 2408 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act H.Con Res. 70 Budget Resolution S 1893/HR 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 H.R. 3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 S. 2499 Medicare, Medicaid & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. Con. Res. 70: Budget Resolution; (Conrad); H. Con. Res. 312: Budget Resolution, section 201 (Spratt). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs), grievance and appeals processes, Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs), Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.
Client expense: $1,820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act HR 3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 S 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act S 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act S 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage S 1883 Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2007 S 2408 - Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 S 2499 Medicare, Medicaid & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. S 1218 Medicare for All Act HR 2034 Medicare for All Act S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension & Retirement Act of 2007 S3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 HR 2184 Enhanced Health Care Value Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Advantage - HR 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; HConRes 312, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009; SConRes 70, Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009. Medicare issues - S 706, Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund; S 130, Medicare Cost Contract Extension/Refinement; HR 1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension/Refinement; HR 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation; S 3, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation; S 1102, Medicare Part D Equity for Low Income Seniors; S 1103, Helping Fill the Medicare RX Gap; S 1107, Home-Community Services Copayment Equity; S 1108, Medicare Part D Outreach /Enrollment; HR 1663, Medicare Mental Health Modernization; HR 1535, Children's Health First Act; S 895, Children's Health First Act; S 1224, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization; HR 2147, Healthy Kids Act; HR 2945, Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising; S 799, Community Choice Act; S 401, Keep Children Covered Act; S 1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act; S 1507, Access to Medicare Data; S 1827, Pharmacist Access/Recognition in Medicare; HR 3025, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Seniors; HR 3061, Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection; HR 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection; HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization; S 1893, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization; S 1954, Pharmacy Access Improvement; S 2219, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice; HR 3932, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice; S 2408, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection; HR 4296, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection; S 1200, Indian Health Care Improvement Act; HR 5480, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act; S 2662, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act; HR 5268, Medicaid FMAP; S 2620, Medicaid FMAP
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
HR 3162, Children's Health & Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (Medicare Payment/Reimbursement Reform); S.1218/HR 2034, Medicare for All Act (Medicare "buy-in"); S. 130/HR 1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension & Retirement Act of 2007 (private sector role in Medicare); S 3/HR 4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 (Government Negotiation of Medicare Drug Prices); S 1102, Part D Equity for Low Income Seniors Act of 2007 (Special benefits for low income seniors); HR 1663, Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007 (Medicare Mental Health Parity); HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (SHIP Extension and Expansion); HR 2184, Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act of 2007 (Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute; HR 971, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 (Medicare Pharmacist Antitrust Exemption), HR 4327, Medicare Chronic Care Practice Network (Establish a Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network to develop and evaluate evidence based chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries); HR 1193, Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 (Modernize and improve the Medicare ESRD program)
Client expense: $575,459 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 H.R. 3162 The Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
See attached list S. 250, Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S.581.IS, Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act S.273, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S.2665, Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act S.2563, Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) S.2255-7, Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act S.173, Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S.1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 S.137, Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S.1340, Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 S.130, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S.1218, Medicare for All Act S.1108, Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S.1103, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 S.1102, Part D Equity for low Income Seniors Act of 2007 S.1052, Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 S.028, Generics First Act of 2007 S.003, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S.885, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S.273, Prescription Drug Health Improvement Act of 2007 S.2601/H.R.4551, Health Care Choices for Seniors Act H.R.4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 H.R.971, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 H.R.749, Health Care Choices for Senior Act H.R.3025, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors (Medicare Prescription Drug SOS) Act of 2007 H.R.2945, Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act of 2007 H.R.2860, Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007 H.R.2685.IH, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R.2307, Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 H.R.2159/S.630, Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007 H.R.2149, Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 H.R.2065, Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 H.R.2058, Helping fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 H.R.2056, Medicare Part D Improvement Act of 2007 H.R.2055, Improving Childrens Access to Health Care Act of 2007 H.R.205, Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 H.R.2034, Medicare for All Act H.R.1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 H.R.195, Seniors Health Care Freedom Act of 2007 H.R.1536, Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2007 H.R.1521, Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D H.R.1310, Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act or 2007 H.R.1277, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Gap Elimination Act of 2007 H.R.1218, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act H.R.118, To amend part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the secretary of HHS to negotiate prices for part D covered drugs for Medicare beneficiaries H.R.1046, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2007 H.R.004, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), UNDETERMINED, White House Office
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2206: Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.Con.Res. 99: Budget Resolution (Spratt); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage (Baucus); S.Con.Res. 21: Budget Resolution (Conrad) MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs), Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology.
Client expense: $3,420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, UNDETERMINED
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Extension of the Medicare Cost Contract HR1991/S130 Exentsion of Meidcare Special Needs Plans Medicare Physician Payment Cut
Client expense: $14,306 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 130 H.R. 3162 H.R. 1970
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
* "Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiations Act of 2007" - S 3 To amend part D of the XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Reid "Medicare Cost Contract Extensions and Refinement Act of 2007" - S 130 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Allard "Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007" - HR 1990 To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy "Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007" - HR 4 To amend part D of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell "Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007" - S 2499 To amend titles XVIII, XIX, an XXI of the social Security Act to extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Baucus "Children's Health Insurance Program Authorization Act of 2007" - HR 3963 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the childrens Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell "Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2007" - S 1589 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman "Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2007" S 1883 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for standardized marketing requirements under the Medicare Advantage program and the Medicare prescription drug program and to provide for State certification prior to wavier of licensure requirements under the Medicare prescription drug program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Kohl "Children's Health and Medicare Protections Act of 2007" - HR 3162 To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the childrens health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007" - HR 976 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Childrens Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Rangel "Medicare Cost Contract Extensions and Refinement Act of 2007" - S 130 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Allard "Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007" - HR 1990 To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy "Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007" - HR 4 To amend part D of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell "Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007" - S 2499 To amend titles XVIII, XIX, an XXI of the social Security Act to extend provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Baucus "Children's Health Insurance Program Authorization Act of 2007" - HR 3963 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the childrens Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell "Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2007" - S 1589 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman "Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2007" S 1883 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for standardized marketing requirements under the Medicare Advantage program and the Medicare prescription drug program and to provide for State certification prior to wavier of licensure requirements under the Medicare prescription drug program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Kohl "Children's Health and Medicare Protections Act of 2007" - HR 3162 To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the childrens health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007" - HR 976 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Childrens Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Rangel
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Medicare Payment and operational issues. HR 3162, Children's Health Insurance Progam Reauthorization Act of 2007, HR 1591, S.6706, S.130, HR 1990, HR 4, S.3, S.1102, HR 1663, HR 594, HR 976, HR 1843, HR 2184, S.2499
Client expense: $872,033 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 130 H.R. 3162 H.R. 1970
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act S.Con.Res. 21: Budget Resolution H.Con.Res. 99: Budget Resolution H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act S. 895: Children's Health First Act S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act S. 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act H.R. 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 S. 1218 Medicare for All Act H.R. 2034 Medicare for All Act H.R. 2065 Medicare Drug Savings through Choice Act of 2007 S. 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 H.R. 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 H.R. 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D H.R. 118 To amend part D title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices for part D covered drugs for Medicare beneficiaries H.R. 2056 Medicare Part D Improvement Act of 2007 S. 1507 Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007 H.R. 1536 Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2007 S. 28 Generics First Act of 2007 H.R. 932 To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual eligible individuals H.R. 2945 Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act of 2007 S. 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S. 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007, H.R. 1990 Medicare for All Act (introduced in the House, H.R. 2034 Discussions regarding Medicare Advantage Medicare Payment Policies Related to Health Care Quality Performance Measures Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007, S.3 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007, S. 130 Medicare for All Act (introduced in Senate), S. 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007, H.R. 4
Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
Extension of the Medicare Cost Contract H.R.1990/S130 Extension of Medicare Special Needs Plans Re-authorization of SCHIP
Client expense: $14,656 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R.4, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 H.R.971, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 H.R.749, Health Care Choices for Senior Act H.R.3025, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors (Medicare Prescription Drug SOS) Act of 2007 H.R.2945, Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act of 2007 H.R.2860, Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007 H.R.2685.IH, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act H.R.2307, Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 H.R.2159/S.630, Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007 H.R.2149, Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 H.R.2065, Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 H.R.2058, Helping fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 H.R.2056, Medicare Part D Improvement Act of 2007 H.R.2055, Improving Children’s Access to Health Care Act of 2007 H.R.205, Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 H.R.2034, Medicare for All Act H.R.1990, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 H.R.195, Seniors’ Health Care Freedom Act of 2007 H.R.1536, Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2007 H.R.1521, Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D H.R.1310, Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act or 2007 H.R.1277, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Gap Elimination Act of 2007 H.R.1218, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act H.R.118, To amend part D of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the secretary of HHS to negotiate prices for part D covered drugs for Medicare beneficiaries H.R.1046, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2007 H.R.004, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S. 250, Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S.581.IS, Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act S.273, Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S.2665, Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act S.2563, Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) S.2255-7, Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act S.173, Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S.1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 S.137, Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S.1340, Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 S.130, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S.1218, Medicare for All Act S.1108, Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S.1103, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 S.1102, Part D Equity for low Income Seniors Act of 2007 S.1052, Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 S.028, Generics First Act of 2007 S.003, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S.885, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S.273, Prescription Drug Health Improvement Act of 2007 S.2601/H.R.4551, Health Care Choices for Seniors Act See attached list.
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff and issues raised by CMS about Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plan marketing, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs), Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) and federal matching funds for graduate medical education; coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology. H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2147: Healthy Kids Act (Emanuel); H.R. 2206: Supplemental Appropriations Act (Obey); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.Con.Res. 99: Budget Resolution (Spratt); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 401: Keep Children Covered Act (Rockefeller); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 895: Children's Health First Act (Clinton); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1224: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rockefeller); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1701: TMA/Medicare Advantage (Baucus); S.Con.Res. 21: Budget Resolution (Conrad) MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 1535: Children's Health First Act (Dingell); H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act (Stark) (continued)
Client expense: $3,420,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
Medicare Payment and operational issues. HR 3162, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, HR 1591, S. 706, S. 130, HR 1990, HR 4, S. 3, S. 1102, HR 1663, HR 594, HR 976, HR 1843
Client expense: $1,219,469 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $42,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 S 1507 Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007 S 1544 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $105,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
* "Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007" - S 130 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues relating to health plans Sponsor: Sen. Allard "Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007" - HR 1990 To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy "Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007" - S 3 To amend part D of the XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Sen. Reid "Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007" - HR 4 To amend part D of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Dingell
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Pharmacy
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: $890,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: $890,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: $890,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Pharmacy
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 S 1376 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 S 1408 Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 1505 Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act S 1507 Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007 S 1544 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1695 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Pharmacy
S 3 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 S 28 Generics First Act of 2007 S 130 Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007 S 137 Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 S 158 Access to Affordable Health Care Act S 173 Medicare Health Savings Accounts Act of 2007 S 242 Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 S 250 The Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2007 S 251 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2007 S 273 Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 S 316 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act S 355 The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act S 358 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 S 468 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 S. 628 - Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 976 Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 S 885 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 S 980 Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007 S 1082 Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 S 1108 Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1161 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 S 1198 Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act S 1218 Medicare for All Act S 1307 Medicare Provider Accountability Act S 1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 S 1376 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 S 1408 Health Information Technology Act of 2007 S 1505 Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act S 1507 Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007 S 1544 Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 S 1695 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 HR 205 Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 HR 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 HR 788 Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 HR 971 Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 HR 1218 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act HR 1277 Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Gap Elimination Act of 2007 HR 1282 Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2007 HR 1310 Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 HR 1368 Personalized Health Information Act of 2007 HR 1432 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act HR 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 HR 1521 Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D HR 1666 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2007 HR 1902 Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of HR 1952 National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 HR 1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 HR 2009 To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR 2043 Medicare for All Act HR 2058 Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 HR 2065 Medicare Drug Savings Through Choice Act of 2007 HR 2149 Healthcare Eligibility for Late Participants (HELP) in Medicare Part D Act of 2007 HR 2231 Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 HR 2273 Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 HR 2307 Preventing Medicare Seniors from being Confused due to Abusive Marketing (Prevent Medicare SCAMs) Act of 2007 HR 2549 . Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 HR 2567 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 HR 2592 Safe and Effective Drug Development Act of 2007 HR 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 HR 2626 Comprehensive HealthCARE Act of 2007 HR 2827 Medicare Equity and Accessibility Act of 2007 HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 HR 2914 Medicare IVIG Access Act of 2007 See next page
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE