Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act
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2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
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H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783, H.R.5860, H.R. 3512
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals H.R. 5860, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act of 2014 (Boustany) -addresses use of Health Reimbursement Accounts and other employer funding of premiums Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to encouraging impaired workers to stay in/return to the workforce; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions. H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy. H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules. H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy. H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage. H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy. H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review. H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy. H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents. H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes. H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers. H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate. H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees. H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms. H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans. H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties. H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee. H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review. H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay. H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage. H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans. H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs. H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs. H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs. H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs. H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties. H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market. H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans. H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program. H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program. S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes. S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review. S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers. S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents. S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms. S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims. S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements. S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay. S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties. S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans. S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program. S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges. S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage. S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees. S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer. S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment. S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines. S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment. S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements. S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program. S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program. S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage. S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate. S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015. HR 416 - Health Insurance Rate Review Act:A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protection for consumers against excessive, unjustified or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates. HR 979 - FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act: To amend chapter of title 5, United States Code to ensure program integrity, transparency and cost savings in the pricing and contracting of prescription drug benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. HR 1370 - To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. HR 2577 - SAFE Data Act: A bill to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect data containing personal information and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. HR 2676 - Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011: To lower health premiums and increase choice for small business. HR 3350 - Keep your Health Plan Act of 2013: To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. HR 3522 - Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013: To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement and for other purposes. HR 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act: To prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers. HR 4805 - No subsidies Without Verification Process Act of 2014: To delay the provision of the Affordable Care Act premium and cost-sharing subsidies until the eligibility verification process for such subsidies is complete and for other purposes. HR 5214 - Clinical Data Registries: To require the Secretary of Health & Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care. HR 5364 - CHIP Extension & Improvement Act of 2014: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve Childrens Health Insurance Program and for other purposes. S 24 - Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013: To lower health premiums and increase choice for small business. S 40 - American Liberty Restoration Act: To restore Americans individual liberty by striking the federal mandate to purchase insurance. S 482 - Health Insurance Rate Review Act: To amend the Public Health Service to provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates. S 1726 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act: To prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers. S 1729 - Expanded Consumer Choice Act: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide further options with respect to levels of coverage under qualified health plans. S 1880 - Jobs and Premium Protection Act: To repeal the annual fee on health care laws job-killing health insurance tax. S 2174 - Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across state lines. S 2461 - CHIP Extension Act of 2014: Amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend & improve the Childrens Health Insurance Program and for other purposes. Department of Health & Human Services Implementation of Medical Loss Ratio arrangements; Implementation of health insurance exchanges; Implementation of Qualified Health Plans, Implementation Essential Health Benefits.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783, H.R.5860, H.R. 3512
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
2014 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act (Camp) - ACA provisions. H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy. H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules. H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy. H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage. H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy. H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review. H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy. H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents. H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes. H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers. H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate. H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees. H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms. H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans. H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties. H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee. H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review. H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay. H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage. H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans. H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs. H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs. H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs. H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs. H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties. H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market. H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans. H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program. H.R. 5175, Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program. S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes. S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review. S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers. S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents. S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms. S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims. S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements. S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay. S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties. S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans. S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program. S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges. S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage. S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees. S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer. S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment. S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines. S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment. S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements. S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program. S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program. S. 2578, Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act (Murray) - contraceptive coverage. S. 2733, Obamacare Opt-Out Act (McCain-Barrasso) - certification process for opting out of ACA individual mandate. S. 2801, Health Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act (Enzi) - conditions on automatic renewals.
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 416 - Health Insurance Rate Review Act:A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protection for consumers against excessive, unjustified or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates. HR 979 - FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act: To amend chapter of title 5, United States Code to ensure program integrity, transparency and cost savings in the pricing and contracting of prescription drug benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. HR 1370 - To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. HR 2577 - SAFE Data Act: A bill to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect data containing personal information and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. HR 2676 - Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011: To lower health premiums and increase choice for small business. HR 3350 - Keep your Health Plan Act of 2013: To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. HR 3522 - Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013: To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement and for other purposes. HR 3541 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act: To prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers. HR 4805 - No subsidies Without Verification Process Act of 2014:To delay the provision of the Affordable Care Act premium and cost-sharing subsidies until the eligibility verification process for such subsidies is complete and for other purposes. HR 5214 - Clinical Data Registries: To require the Secretary of Health & Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care. HR 5364 - CHIP Extension & Improvement Act of 2014: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve Childrens Health Insurance Program and for other purposes. S 24 - Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013: To lower health premiums and increase choice for small business. S 40 - American Liberty Restoration Act: To restore Americans individual liberty by striking the federal mandate to purchase insurance. S 482 - Health Insurance Rate Review Act: To amend the Public Health Service to provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified or unfairly discriminatory increases in premium rates. S 1726 - Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act: To prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers. S 1729 - Expanded Consumer Choice Act:To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide further options with respect to levels of coverage under qualified health plans. S 1880 - Jobs and Premium Protection Act: To repeal the annual fee on health care laws job-killing health insurance tax. S 2174 - Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across state lines. S 2461 - CHIP Extension Act of 2014: Amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend & improve the Childrens Health Insurance Program and for other purposes. Department of Health & Human Services Implementation of Medical Loss Ratio arrangements; Implementation of health insurance exchanges; Implementation of Qualified Health Plans, Implementation Essential Health Benefits.
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, HR 5183, HR 5557, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546,S2783
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 81, HR 105, HR.RES.17, HR 344, HR 544, HR 582, HR 607, HR 675, HR 762, HR 763, HR 903, HR 1076, HR 1200, HR 1205, HR 1239, HR 1248, HR 1254, HR 1342, HR 1549, HR 1558, HR 2328, HR 2527, HR 2575, HR 2577, HR 2667, HR 2995, HR 2988, HR 3362, HR 3367, HR 4244, HR 4128, HR 4144, HR 2453, HR 4160, HR 4302, HR 1179, S.CON. RES.8, S24, S351, S399, S.AMDT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2546
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) expanded access to catastrophic plans H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) ACA risk corridor program H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) relief from ACA for expatriate health plans H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) ACA transitional reinsurance program S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) ACA direct enrollment16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollments. S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) ACA reporting requirements S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) ACA risk corridor program S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) ACA transitional reinsurance program Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2174, A bill to provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance across state lines.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy. H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules. H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy. H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage. H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy. H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review. H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy. H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents. H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes. H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers. H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate. H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees. H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms. H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans. H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties. H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee. H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review. H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay. H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage. H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 3598, Catastrophic Plan Bill (Fortenberry) - expanded access to catastrophic plans. H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs. H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs. H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs. H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs. H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties. H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market. H.R. 4354, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Griffin) - ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 4406, Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Lance) - ACA risk corridor program. H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (Carney) - relief from ACA for expatriate health plans. H.R. 4735, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Nolan-McKinley) - ACA transitional reinsurance program. S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes. S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review. S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers. S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents. S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms. S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims. S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements. S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay. S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties. S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans. S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program. S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges. S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage. S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees. S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer. S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment. S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines. S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment. S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements. S. 2214, ACA Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act (Rubio) - ACA risk corridor program. S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act (Franken-Kirk) - ACA transitional reinsurance program.
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S. CON.RES.8, S24, S351, S399, SADMT.409, S482, S603, S650, S701, S764, S1188, S1729, S2069, S2173, S2174, S2175, HR81, HR105, H.RES175, HR344, HR544, HR582, HR607, HR675, HR762, HR763, HR779, HR903, HR1076, HR1140, HR1200, HR1205, HR1239, HR1248, HR1254, HR1342, HR1549, HR1558, HR2328, HR2527, HR2575, HR2577, HR2667, HR2995, HR2988, HR3362, HR3367, HR4244, HR4128, HR4144, HR2453, HR4160, HR4302
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S. 2174, A bill to provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance across state line.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) antitrust policy16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) age rating rules H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) antitrust policy H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) national marketplace for individual coverage H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) antitrust policy H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) antitrust policy H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) disclosures on SBC documents H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) HIT repeal, other ACA changes H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) MLR impact on agents and brokers H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) delay of ACA individual mandate H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) short-term disability program for federal employees H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) replacement health reforms H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) continuation of existing plans H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) rate review H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) individual mandate delay H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) continuation of current group coverage H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) repeal of ACA risk corridor program H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) delay in ACA individual mandate penalties H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) HIT repeal, other ACA changes S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) rate review S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) MLR impact on agents and brokers S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) disclosures on SBC documents S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) model disclosure forms S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) third party review of disputed claims S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) continuation of existing plans, notification requirements S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) individual mandate delay S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) continuation of existing plans S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) repeal of ACA risk corridor program S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) ACA definition of a large employer S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) ACA direct enrollment S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) offering health insurance coverage across state lines S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) ACA reporting requirements16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): Regulatory Issues: Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; disability income insurance enrollment and awareness; issues related to the continuation of reporting requirements for state LTCI partnership programs; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; Medigap claims processing and crossover fees; Medigap cross-over claim issues, Medigap coverage, implementation of Medigap standardized plan offerings; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials, and other Medigap issues; fraud and abuse issues affecting public and private insurance coverage; issues relating to antitrust; implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act requirements; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; pre-existing condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; preexisting condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; treatment of expatriate plans; compliance with the transitional reinsurance program; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations, non-discriminatory wellness programs; and issues related to supplemental products, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation. 18. Name of Lobbyists (continued): C. Lawrence: Assistant, Legislative Director for Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6); May 2008-July 200: Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Tom Price (GA-6)
2014 · first_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 99, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (Conyers) - antitrust policy; H.R. 544, LIBERTY Act (Gingrey-Matheson) - age rating rules; H.R. 743, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (DeFazio) - antitrust policy; H.R. 762, Health Care Choice Act (Blackburn) - national marketplace for individual coverage; H.R. 911, Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (Gosar) - antitrust policy; H.R. 1019, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review; H.R. 1188, Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act (Marino) - antitrust policy; H.R. 1205, Patients Right to Know Act (Walden) - disclosures on SBC documents; H.R. 1558, Small Business Health Relief Act (Collins) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes; H.R. 2328, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act (Rogers-Barrow) - MLR impact on agents and brokers; H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act (Young) - delay of ACA individual mandate; H.R. 2698, Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act (Norton) - short-term disability program for federal employees; H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act (Roe) - replacement health reforms; H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act (Upton) - continuation of existing plans; H.R. 3425, Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Lipinski-Sinema) - delay of open enrollment and individual mandate penalties; H.R. 3489, (Tiberi) - repeal of ACA transitional reinsurance fee; H.R. 3504, Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act (Schakowsky) - rate review; H.R. 3517, Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act (Schrader) - individual mandate delay; H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act (Cassidy) - continuation of current group coverage; H.R. 3541, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Griffin) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program; H.R. 3745, Coverage Protection Act (Kirkpatrick) - continuation of coverage for consumers unable to enroll in QHPs; H.R. 3812, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Coffman) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs; H.R. 3851, No Bailouts for Insurance Industry Act (Lance) - ACA reinsurance and risk corridor programs; H.R. 3985, Stop ACA's Risky Provisions Act (Westmoreland) - ACAs reinsurance, risk corridor, and risk adjustment programs; H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act (Jenkins) - delay in ACA individual mandate penalties; H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (Pitts) - ACA Limits on Deductibles for Plans in Small Group Market; S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, other ACA changes; S. 482, Health Insurance Rate Review Act (Feinstein) - rate review; S. 650, Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act (Landrieu) - MLR impact on agents and brokers; S. 764, Patients Right to Know Act (Cornyn) - disclosures on SBC documents; S. 1473, Long-Term Care Insurance Consumer Right-to-Know Act (Klobuchar) - model disclosure forms; S. 1481, Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar) - third party review of disputed claims; S. 1642, Keeping the ACA Promise Act (Landrieu-Manchin) - continuation of existing plans, notification requirements; S. 1671, (Manchin-Kirk) - individual mandate delay; S. 1693, ACA Enrollment Extension Act (Shaheen) - extending open enrollment, delaying individual mandate penalties; S. 1699, Continuous Coverage Act (Mark Udall) - continuation of existing plans; S. 1726, Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act (Rubio) - repeal of ACA risk corridor program; S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act (Begich) - adding copper level of coverage to ACA Exchanges; S. 1866, Coverage Protection Act (Merkley) - continuation of coverage, retroactive coverage; S. 2166, Treating Families Fairly Act (Manchin) - ACA determinations of full-time equivalent employees; S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act (Heitkamp) - ACA definition of a large employer; S. 2173, Consumers Having Options in Choosing Enrollment Act (Landrieu) - ACA direct enrollment; S. 2174, Commonsense Competition and Access to Health Insurance Act (Warner) - offering health insurance coverage across state lines; S. 2175, Enhancing Access for Agents and Brokers Act (Landrieu) - access for independent agents and brokers to information about Exchange enrollment; S. 2176, Commonsense Reporting Act (Warner) - ACA reporting requirements.
| Democratic |
| NH |
| Joe Manchin, III | Independent | WV |
| Mark Begich | Democratic | AK |
| Mary L. Landrieu | Democratic | LA |
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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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), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE