A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to modify the termination date for the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes.

Issues related to VA Provider Agreements Issues related to the Veterans Choice Act Reauthorization S.544 - Veterans Choice Act Reauthorization

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 2601 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act H.R. 369/S. 544 - Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act S.2372 - VA MISSION Act of 2018

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to VA Provider Agreements Issues related to the Veterans Choice Act Reauthorization S.544 - Veterans Choice Act Reauthorization

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 2601 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act H.R. 369/S. 544 - Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act

Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2601 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act H.R. 369/S. 544 - Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to VA Provider Agreements Issues related to the Veterans Choice Act Reauthorization S.1871 / H.R.1058 - VA Provider Equity Act S.544 - Veterans Choice Act Reauthorization S.739 / H.R.1369 - Veterans Access to Extended Care Act of 2015

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 873 - Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act HR 3218 - expands GI Bill benefits to include once excluded groups S. 544 - Choice Act Expansion S. 681 - Deborah Sampson Act S. 591 - Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act S. 112 - provides homeless veterans per diem to care for dependents. S. 804 - ensure VA facilities have characteristics for gender-specific care S. 926 - establish GWOT national memorial on federal land in DC S. 1024 - reform appeals rights and processes for VA benefit claims S. 1094 - improve accountability of VA employees and protection for whistleblowers S. 1318 - to protect the rights of disabled veterans in air transportation HR 1133 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act HR 3218 - Forever GI Bill S 1557 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations HR 4242 - Permanent VA Choice program HR 1133 - Veteran Transplant Coverage Act S 2109 - Military and Veteran Education Protection Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 873 - Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act HR 3218 - expands GI Bill benefits to include once excluded groups S. 544 - Choice Act Expansion S. 681 - Deborah Sampson Act S. 591 - Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act S. 112 - provides homeless veterans per diem to care for dependents. S. 804 - ensure VA facilities have characteristics for gender-specific care S. 926 - establish GWOT national memorial on federal land in DC S. 1024 - reform appeals rights and processes for VA benefit claims S. 1094 - improve accountability of VA employees and protection for whistleblowers S. 1318 - to protect the rights of disabled veterans in air transportation HR 1133 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act HR 3218 - Forever GI Bill S 1557 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations HR 4242 - Permanent VA Choice program HR 1133 - Veteran Transplant Coverage Act S 2109 - Military and Veteran Education Protection Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

HR 873 - Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act HR 3218 - expands GI Bill benefits to include once excluded groups S. 544 - Choice Act Expansion S. 681 - Deborah Sampson Act S. 591 - Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act S. 112 - provides homeless veterans per diem to care for dependents. S. 804 - ensure VA facilities have characteristics for gender-specific care S. 926 - establish GWOT national memorial on federal land in DC S. 1024 - reform appeals rights and processes for VA benefit claims S. 1094 - improve accountability of VA employees and protection for whistleblowers S. 1318 - to protect the rights of disabled veterans in air transportation HR 1133 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act HR 3218 - Forever GI Bill S 1557 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 2601 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act H.R. 369/S. 544 - Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 43, to expand Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits; H.R. 92, CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act; H.R. 95, Veterans Access to Childcare; H.R. 103, Chiropractic care for veterans; H.R. 105, Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud; H.R. 245, Veterans Education Equity; H.R. 299, Blue Water Navy Veterans; H.R. 369, Eliminate sunset of Veterans Choice Program; H.R. 873, GWOT memorial; H.R. 1104, Veterans TEST Accessibility; H.R. 1112, Shauna Hill Post 9/11 Education Benefits Transferability; H.R. 1216, Protecting Veterans From School Closures; H.R. 1328, Vets COLA; H.R. 1329, Vets COLA; H.R. 1331, provide educational and vocational counseling services for veterans at VA-selected institutions of higher learning; H.R. 1379, Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for Purple Heart recipients; H.R. 1461, VA employee accountability; H.R. 1472, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act ; H.R. 1564, funding for medical professionals not employed by VA to travel to examine veterans; H.R. 1618, expanded criteria for eligibility of caregiver services; H.R. 1793, Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act; H.R. 1796, Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act; H.R. 1956, caregiver expansion; H.R. 1989, direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a high technology education pilot program; H.R. 1994, IT improvements at VA; H.R. 2103, Yellow Ribbon Program Expansion Act; H.R. 2506, Veteran Wellness Act; S. 23, Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act; S. 75, VA to reconsider and make a new determination regarding disability claims for exposure to mustard gas or lewisite in WWII; S. 86, Veterans Choice Continuation Act; S. 111, Filipino Veterans Promise Act; S. 112, Providing childcare assistance to homeless vets; S. 165, Caregiver Program Information Dissemination Ac; S. 324, State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act; S. 410, reassignment Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to another eligible dependent in cases where the original designated beneficiary dies; S. 473, Educational Development for Troops and Veterans Act; S. 543, Performance Accountability and Contractor Transparency Act; S. 544, Extending sunset provision of Veterans Choice Act; S. 591, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act; S. 609, Chiropractic care for veterans; S. 681, Improve VA services for female veterans; S. 744, Protecting Veterans Credit Act; S. 758, Camp Lejeune water contamination; S. 764, Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act; S. 784, Veterans COLA; S. 798, Yellow Ribbon Improvement Act; S. 804, Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act; S. 833, expanded VA health care and benefits for victims of military sexual trauma; S. 844, expanded eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits; S. 882, Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for Purple Heart recipients; S. 899, new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities; S. 926, Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act; S. 946, Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act; S. 1024, Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act; S. 1094, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act; S. 1153, giving the VA authority to suspend potentially unsafe medical providers from treating veterans; S. 1192, Veterans TEST Accessibility; S. 1209, increasing the special pension for Medal of Honor recipients; S. 1218, promoting federal employment for transitioning veterans; S. 1261, improving cost sharing for urgent care services for veterans; S. 1266, partnering with VA to investigate VA medical centers; S. 1277, IT improvements at VA; S. 1279, Veterans Health Administration Reform Act; S. 1325, Better Workforce for Veterans Act ;

HR 873 - Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act HR 3218 - expands GI Bill benefits to include once excluded groups S. 544 - Choice Act Expansion S. 681 - Deborah Sampson Act S. 591 - Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act S. 112 - provides homeless veterans per diem to care for dependents. S. 804 - ensure VA facilities have characteristics for gender-specific care S. 926 - establish GWOT national memorial on federal land in DC S. 1024 - reform appeals rights and processes for VA benefit claims S. 1094 - improve accountability of VA employees and protection for whistleblowers S. 1318 - to protect the rights of disabled veterans in air transportation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

S. 544, Veterans Choice Program (Tester) - veterans health care S. 1028, RAISE Family Caregivers Act (Collins-Baldwin) - support for family caregivers H.R. 244, Consolidated Appropriations Act - HHS appropriations, funding for cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act (King) - medical liability reform H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Foxx) - employee wellness programs H.R. 2422, Action for Dental Health Act (Kelly) - oral health services and education for underserved populations Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; cybersecurity; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment (commonly referred to as the 3 Rs); dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); issues related to business continuity in relation to pandemics or natural events (e.g., hurricane, tornado, etc.); issues related to association health plans; issues related to cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); issues related to the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan; issues related to small employer group size; issues related to Certificate of Public Advantage; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.

Veterans health programs Implementation of H.R. 3230, "Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act" - provisions related to expanding the provision of veteran care to non-VA providers S. 544/H.R. 369, legislation to eliminate the sunset of the Veterans Choice Program - provisions related to expanding the provision of veteran care to non-VA providers

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2601 - Veterans Transplant Coverage Act H.R. 369/S. 544 - Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act

Client expense: $235,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Veterans care in the community (S. 544 and H.R. 369)

Client expense: $1,700,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

Veterans care in the community (S. 544 and H.R. 369)

Client expense: $1,640,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

Veterans Transplant Coverage Act Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act (H.R. 369/S. 544)

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Veterans health programs Implementation of H.R. 3230, "Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act" - provisions related to expanding the provision of veteran care to non-VA providers S. 544/H.R. 369, legislation to eliminate the sunset of the Veterans Choice Program - provisions related to expanding the provision of veteran care to non-VA providers

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 873 - Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act S. 544 - Choice Act Expansion S. 681 - Deborah Sampson Act S. 591 - Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)