3rd Quarter - Report

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC for RESCARE INC (DBA BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES)

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Monitored implementation of P.L. 117-169 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 S 1976 Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act (all sections of full text)(support) HR 4104 Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act (all sections of full text)(support) Discussions involving Medicaid access rule Discussions involving funding for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services Discussions involving federal definition of Long-Term Care pharmacies Discussions involving CMS finalized physician fee schedule Discussions involving home health Monitored discussions pertaining to proposed legislation regarding Pharmacy Benefit Managers Monitored discussions involving Medicare prescription drug proposals Monitored discussions involving hospice proposals

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACK S DEUSER —
MICHAEL A. GAFFIN —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —
W. TIMOTHY LOCKE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4104 (118th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitored discussions pertaining to proposed Department of Labor rule on overtime

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL A. GAFFIN —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —

Veterans VET

Discussions involving VA reimbursement rates

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL A. GAFFIN —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.