2nd Quarter - Report

ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE D/B/A ASCENSION for ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE D/B/A ASCENSION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$280,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicaid disproportionate share program; Financial support for providers for diagnosis and treatment related to COVID-19; coverage of COVID-19 related conditions; access to PPE and other materials and equipment related to the treatment of patients with COVID-19;; PL 117-2; Efforts to extend Medicare sequester delay, including H.R.1868 - To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes; Issues related to Medicare policy on virtual care; Childrens Health Graduate Medical Education; issues related to drug pricing; S. 346/H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; Legislation related to 340B eligibility - S. 773/H.R. 3203; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act - S. 834/H.R. 2256; Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - S. 1024/H.R. 2255; Telehealth Modernization Act - S. 368/H.R. 1332 CONNECT for Health Act - S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act - S. 1988; Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK HAYES —
PETER LEIBOLD —
JOSEPH LUSTIG New —
DANIELLE WHITE —

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

Bills named: H.R. 3 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), S. 1024 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), H.R. 2255 (117th), H.R. 3203 (117th), S. 368 (117th), S. 834 (117th), S. 346 (117th), S. 773 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), S. 1988 (117th), H.R. 959 (117th), H.R. 1868 (117th), H.R. 2256 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Affordable prescription drugs; 340B Drug pricing program; Health care privacy; Patient privacy issues; Issues related to the American Rescue Plan Act, PL 117-2; Issues related to expanding health care coverage, including in non-Medicaid expansion states; Issues related to improving social determinants of health; issues related to extending and expanding flexibilities for virtual care; H.R. 2228 - Rural Behavioral Health Access Act; issues related to drug pricing; ; Efforts to extend Medicare sequester delay, including H.R.1868 - To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes; Issues related to Medicare policy on virtual care S. 168/H.R. 708 - Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act; S. 346/H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; Legislation related to 340B eligibility - S. 773/H.R. 3203; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act - S. 834/H.R. 2256 Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - S. 1024/H.R. 2255;Telehealth Modernization Act - S. 368/H.R. 1332; CONNECT for Health Act - S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act - S. 1988; Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK HAYES —
PETER LEIBOLD —
JOSEPH LUSTIG New —
DANIELLE WHITE —

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

Bills named: S. 368 (117th), H.R. 3 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), S. 346 (117th), H.R. 2228 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), S. 168 (117th), H.R. 3203 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), S. 834 (117th), S. 1024 (117th), S. 1988 (117th), H.R. 959 (117th), H.R. 1868 (117th), H.R. 708 (117th), H.R. 2256 (117th), S. 773 (117th), H.R. 2255 (117th)

Immigration IMM

To enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce during the COVID-19 crisis by recapturing unused immigrant visas - Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - S. 1024/H.R. 2255

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK HAYES —
PETER LEIBOLD —
JOSEPH LUSTIG —
DANIELLE WHITE —

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

Bills named: S. 1024 (117th), H.R. 2255 (117th)

Pharmacy PHA

340B Drug Pricing Program; S. 168/H.R. 708 - Temporary; Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act;; S. 346/H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act; Legislation related to 340B eligibility - S. 773/H.R. 3203; Telehealth Modernization Act - S. 368/H.R. 1332; CONNECT for Health Act - S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act - S. 1988; Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act - H.R. 3

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK HAYES —
PETER LEIBOLD —
JOSEPH LUSTIG New —
DANIELLE WHITE —

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

Bills named: H.R. 708 (117th), H.R. 959 (117th), S. 368 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), S. 346 (117th), S. 168 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), S. 1988 (117th), H.R. 3 (117th), H.R. 3203 (117th), S. 773 (117th)

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.