3rd Quarter - Report

AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP) for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP)

Period 3rd Quarter 2008 Filed Oct 20, 2008 Signed by Julie Simon Miller, Senior Associate Counsel

Official filing
Firm
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
Client
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP)
Income
—
Expenses
$1,630,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Dingell); H.R. 976: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Rangel) (continued) H.R. 1990: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 2945: Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act (Stark); H.R. 3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors Act (Doggett); H.R. 3061: Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act (Doggett); H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act (Dingell); H.R. 3932: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Berry); H.R. 3963: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Dingell); H.R. 4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 5268: Medicaid FMAP (Pallone); H.R. 5480: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Hoyer-Boehner); H.R. 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (Dingell); H.R. 5683: GAO Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Davis); H.R. 5998: Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act (Pallone); H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, and electronic prescribing) (Rangel-Dingell); H.R. 6388: GAO Improvement Act (provisions relating to access to Medicare part C/part D data) (Waxman); H.R. 6359: Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act (Biggert); H.R. 6365: Medicare Special Needs Plans Extension and Amendments Act (Kind); H.R. 7077: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Dingell) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); H.Res. 1368 (provisions relating to Medicare Funding Warning); S. 3: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (Reid); S. 130: Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act (Allard); S. 706: Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 799: Community Choice Act (Harkin); S. 1102: Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act (Bingaman); S. 1103: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act (Bingaman); S. 1107: Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act (Smith); S. 1108: Medicare Part D Outreach and Enrollment Enhancement Act (Smith); S. 1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act (includes Medicaid/MA provisions); S. 1507: Access to Medicare Data Act (Grassley); S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act (Gregg); S. 1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act (Cochran); S. 1893: Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Baucus); S. 1954: Pharmacy Access Improvement Act (Baucus); S. 2219: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act (Durbin); S. 2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act (Kerry); S. 2620: Medicaid FMAP (Rockefeller); S. 2662: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act (Baucus-Gregg); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2819: Economic Recovery in Health Care Act (provisions relating to Medicaid funding) (Rockefeller); S. 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (provisions relating to Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Medicaid, health care disparities, electronic prescribing) (Baucus); S. 3560: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act (Baucus) (provisions relating to cost sharing assistance for low-income Medicare beneficiaries); S. 3604: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (provisions relating to Medicaid FMAP); and S.J.Res. 44 (provisions relating to blocking implementation of SCHIP requirements). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, (including audit and encounter data issues) bidding and payment issues (including MA coding intensity, Part D reinsurance, low income subsidies, application process, and audits), application process, and audits, benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, marketing activities, including conduct and compensation of brokers and agents and plan sponsor marketing staff, measurement and oversight of plan performance including Special Needs Plans (SNPs); grievance and appeals processes, compliance/fraud and abuse training, and Medicare/Medicaid integration issues for Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Federal premption of State authority over MA and Part D plans, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; physician quality reporting inititiative; issues relating to Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, treatment of Medicaid health plan member hospital days in the upper payment limit calculation; policies affecting State Medicaid funding, including intergovernmental transfers (IGTs); coordination of benefits with state Medicaid programs; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and health information technology standards and policies.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CARMELLA BOCCHINO —
JILL DOWELL —
BEHRENDS FOSTER —
KAREN IGNAGNI —
ALETHIA JACKSON —
JEFF LEMIEUX —
SUE ROHAN —
CANDACE SCHALLER —
SCOTT STYLES —
KELLY RENEA VOGEL —
HOWARD WEISS —
THOMAS JEROME WILDER —
DUANE WRIGHT —

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S.J.Res. 44 (110th), H.R. 3963 (110th), S. 2662 (110th), H.R. 4 (110th), S. 1108 (110th), S. 2408 (110th), S. 1954 (110th), S. 1827 (110th), S. 3604 (110th), H.R. 6388 (110th), H.R. 5613 (110th), S. 1200 (110th), H.R. 3932 (110th), S. 1102 (110th), H.R. 2945 (110th), S. 706 (110th), S. 3101 (110th), H.R. 6365 (110th), S. 2819 (110th), S. 1893 (110th), S. 2795 (110th), S. 1544 (110th), H.R. 5998 (110th), S. 1507 (110th), S. 3560 (110th), H.R. 3061 (110th), S. 1107 (110th), H.R. 7077 (110th), H.R. 5268 (110th), H.R. 1990 (110th), H.R. 3025 (110th), S. 2219 (110th), H.R. 4296 (110th), S. 3 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 799 (110th), H.R. 976 (110th), H.R. 6359 (110th), S. 1103 (110th), H.Res. 1368 (110th), H.R. 6331 (110th), H.R. 5480 (110th), S. 2620 (110th), S. 130 (110th), H.R. 5683 (110th)

Insurance INS

INS (Legislative): H.R. 241: Association Health Plans (Johnson); H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (DeLauro) (continued) INS (Legislative) (cont.) H.R. 1081: Insurance Industry Competition Act (DeFazio); H.R. 1282: Medigap Access Improvement Act (English); H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2412: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Lowey); H.R. 2676: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Pryce); H.R. 2842: Childrens Health Protection Act (Schwartz); H.R. 2851: Michelles Law (Hodes) (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave); H.R. 3001: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Pallone); H.R. 3195: ADA Amendments Act (Hoyer); H.R. 3200: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Bean); H.R. 3425: Cancer Screening Coverage Act (Maloney); H.R. 4460: Health Care Choice Act (provisions relating to health insurance reforms in individual market) (Shadegg); H.R. 5550: Coverage for Young Adult Dependents of Federal Employees (Davis); H.R. 5781: Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (Maloney) (provisions relating to disability study); H.R. 5840: Insurance Information Act (Kanjorski) (provisions relating to federal Office of Insurance Information); H.R. 5938: Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Conyers); H.R. 6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); H.R. 6071: Health Care Consumer Protection Act (Forbes) (provisions relating to reinstatement of health insurance following nonpayment of premiums); H.R. 6142: Lawsuits Against Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefit Plans (Andrews); H.R. 6210: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Kind-English); H.R. 6528: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Eshoo) (provisions relating to limitations on lifetime limits); H.R. 6582: Small Business CHOICE Act (Velazquez) (provisions relating to health insurance); H.R. 6908: Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarifications Act (Burgess) (provisions relating to disclosure rules for coverage exclusions); H.R. 6983: Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Kennedy) (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 40: National Insurance Act (provisions relating to regulatory reform) (Sununu); S. 46: Affordability in the Individual Market Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Ensign); S. 239: Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (Feinstein); S. 400: Michelle's Law (provisions relating to continuity of coverage for college students on medical leave) (Sununu); S. 459: Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (Snowe); S. 495: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act (Domenici); S. 616: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Collins); S. 618: Insurance Industry Competition Act (Leahy); S. 1076: HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act (Burgess); S. 1178: Identity Theft Protection Act (Inouye); S. 1260: Data Security Act (Carper); S. 1298: Healthy Businesses, Healthy Workers Reinsurance Act (Kerry); S. 1588: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act (Landrieu); S. 1758: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (Kennedy); S. 1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act (Leahy); S. 2168: Identify Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act (Leahy); S. 2236: Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act (Rockefeller); S. 2268: Long Term Care Insurance Integrity Act (Klobuchar); S. 2477: Health Care Choice Act (DeMint); S. 2706: Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act (Dorgan); S. 2795: Small Business Health Options Program Act (Durbin-Snowe); S. 2818: Small Business Health Plans Act (Enzi); S. 2948: Small Business Empowerment Act (Brown) (provisions relating to health coverage for small employers); S. 2999: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (Brown); S. 3068: Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (Snowe); S. 3115: Childrens Health Protection Act (Lautenberg); S. 3335: Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act (provisions relating to mental health parity); S. 3554: Affordable Coverage for Small Employers Act (Smith) (provisions relating to insurance reforms, tax credits); S. 3559: Continuing Coverage Act (Coleman) (relating to third party review for rescission decisions). INS (Regulatory) Insurance regulatory reform; issues related to the coordination of private and public disability income benefits; disability risk management; issues relating to the coordination of benefits between private health insurance plans and Medicaid; crossover fees for Medigap claims; Medigap carrier recoveries related to CMS fraud and abuse enforcement activities, and issues related to Medigap educational materials.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CARMELLA BOCCHINO —
ELIZABETH BROOKS —
JILL DOWELL —
BEHRENDS FOSTER —
LINDY HINMAN —
KAREN IGNAGNI —
ALETHIA JACKSON —
SCOTT KEEFER —
JEFF LEMIEUX —
CANDACE SCHALLER —
SCOTT STYLES —
JEANETTE THORNTON —
KELLY RENEA VOGEL —
THOMAS JEROME WILDER —
DUANE WRIGHT —
MARILYN ZIGMUND LUKE —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Social Security Administration (SSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: H.R. 5550 (110th), S. 1298 (110th), S. 1260 (110th), H.R. 2676 (110th), S. 1076 (110th), H.R. 2842 (110th), H.R. 241 (110th), S. 46 (110th), S. 2999 (110th), S. 2236 (110th), H.R. 3195 (110th), S. 3068 (110th), H.R. 5938 (110th), S. 40 (110th), S. 616 (110th), S. 3335 (110th), S. 3554 (110th), H.R. 3001 (110th), S. 2706 (110th), H.R. 6528 (110th), S. 1178 (110th), S. 618 (110th), S. 2948 (110th), H.R. 5781 (110th), H.R. 6142 (110th), S. 2795 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 6983 (110th), S. 3115 (110th), S. 1588 (110th), H.R. 6071 (110th), S. 239 (110th), H.R. 1282 (110th), S. 459 (110th), H.R. 6582 (110th), H.R. 1081 (110th), H.R. 2851 (110th), S. 1758 (110th), S. 2477 (110th), H.R. 4460 (110th), H.R. 6210 (110th), H.R. 5840 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), S. 2818 (110th), S. 558 (110th), H.R. 3200 (110th), S. 400 (110th), H.R. 2412 (110th), H.R. 3425 (110th), S. 2268 (110th), H.R. 758 (110th), S. 1814 (110th), H.R. 6908 (110th), S. 495 (110th), S. 2168 (110th), S. 3559 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

TAX (Tax) (Legislative): H.R. 914: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Ryan); H.R. 2302: Health Insurance Affordability Act (King); H.R. 2582: Qualified Long-term Care Fairness Act (Brown-Waite) (continued) (TAX (Tax) Legislative continued) H.R. 2639: Promoting Health for Future Generations Act (provisions relating to HSAs) (Boustany); H.R. 3088: Long-Term Care Act (Terry); H.R. 3234: HSA Improvement and Expansion Act (Cantor); H.R. 3306: Flexible Health Savings Act (Royce); H.R. 3363: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Pomeroy); H.R. 3920: Trade and Globalization Assistance Act (provisions relating to health care tax credits, COBRA continuation coverage, health insurance reforms) (Rangel); H.R. 5559: Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act (Putnam); H.R. 5719: Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act (HSA provision); H.R. 6237: Tax Relief for Long-Term Care Act (Courtney); H.R. 7095: Comprehensive Long-Term Care Support (Sandlin) (provisions relating to LTC tax deduction); H.R. 7148: Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act (Johnson) (provisions relating to HSA improvements); S. 397: Tax Equity and Affordability Act (Martinez); S. 504: Long-Term Care Trust Account Act (Smith); S. 897: Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act (Mikulski); S. 1809: Long-Term Care Act (Thune); S. 2237: Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act (Grassley); S. 2835: Health Care Equity Act (DeMint); and S. 3626: Family Retirement and Health Investment Act (Hatch) (provisions relating to HSA improvements). TAX (Tax) Regulatory: Issues relating to Health Savings Accounts; issues relating to application of rules regarding excise tax reporting; and issues relating to withholding of government contract payments.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BEHRENDS FOSTER —
KAREN IGNAGNI —
ALETHIA JACKSON —
SCOTT KEEFER —
SCOTT STYLES —
KELLY RENEA VOGEL —
THOMAS JEROME WILDER —
MARILYN ZIGMUND LUKE —

Contacted: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 397 (110th), H.R. 5719 (110th), H.R. 3363 (110th), S. 3626 (110th), H.R. 3920 (110th), S. 2835 (110th), H.R. 2639 (110th), H.R. 7095 (110th), H.R. 6237 (110th), H.R. 3234 (110th), H.R. 5559 (110th), H.R. 2302 (110th), H.R. 914 (110th), S. 2237 (110th), H.R. 2582 (110th), S. 504 (110th), S. 1809 (110th), H.R. 3306 (110th), H.R. 7148 (110th), H.R. 3088 (110th), S. 897 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

HCR (LEGISLATIVE ISSUES): H.R. 506: Health Partnership Through Creative Federalism Act (Baldwin) (continued) H.R. 1368: Personalized Health Information Act (Kennedy); H.R. 2184: Enhanced Health Care Value for All Act (provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research) (Allen); H.R. 2406: Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act (Gordon); H.R. 2497: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Cooper); H.R. 2580: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act (Gingrey); H.R. 2638: Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act (provisions relating to high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research funding); H.R. 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act (provisions relating to health care disparaties) (Solis); H.R. 3341: Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Paul) (provisions relating to physician collective bargaining); H.R. 5348: American Health Benefits Program Act (Langevin-Shays); H.R. 6357: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act (Dingell-Barton); H.R. 6444: Healthy Americans Act (Wasserman Schultz) (provisions relating to insurance reforms and subsidies); H.R. 6898 Health-e Information Technology Act (Stark) (provisions relating to standards and incentives for health information technology; privacy and security protections); S. 243: Medical Care Access Protection Act (Ensign); S. 244: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act (Gregg); S. 325: Health Partnership Act (Bingaman); S. 334: Healthy Americans Act (Wyden); S. 1198: Catastrophic Health Coverage Promotion Act (Smith); S. 1456: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1481: Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act (Baucus); S. 1490: Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act (Carper); S. 1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Kennedy); S. 2041: False Claims Act Amendments (Grassley); S. 3230: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (provisions relating to high risk pool funding, comparative effectiveness research funding); and S. 3408: Comparative Effectiveness Research. Act (Baucus) and HCR (Regulatory Issues): HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including privacy, security, electronic transactions, code sets, and identifiers; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements related to interoperability of health information technology, community rating policies, and similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement; 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; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues related to provider conscience requirements; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting, and issues relating to service provider disclosure.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CARMELLA BOCCHINO —
ELIZABETH BROOKS —
JILL DOWELL —
BEHRENDS FOSTER —
LINDY HINMAN —
KAREN IGNAGNI —
ALETHIA JACKSON —
SCOTT KEEFER —
JEFF LEMIEUX —
SUE ROHAN —
CANDACE SCHALLER —
SCOTT STYLES —
JEANETTE THORNTON —
KELLY RENEA VOGEL —
THOMAS JEROME WILDER —
DUANE WRIGHT —
MARILYN ZIGMUND LUKE —

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Social Security Administration (SSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 243 (110th), H.R. 6898 (110th), S. 3230 (110th), H.R. 6357 (110th), H.R. 3341 (110th), H.R. 3014 (110th), S. 1481 (110th), S. 334 (110th), S. 2041 (110th), S. 1198 (110th), H.R. 2580 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), S. 1490 (110th), H.R. 2184 (110th), H.R. 5348 (110th), H.R. 2406 (110th), H.R. 506 (110th), H.R. 6444 (110th), S. 244 (110th), H.R. 2497 (110th), H.R. 2638 (110th), S. 325 (110th), S. 3408 (110th), H.R. 1368 (110th), S. 1456 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

PHA (Pharmacy) (Legislative): H.R. 971: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Weiner); H.R. 1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Waxman); H.R. 5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act (Eshoo-Barton) (continued) PHA (Legislative) (continued): S. 316: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act (Kohl); S. 623: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act (Schumer); S. 885: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act (Isakson); S. 1505: Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act (Gregg); S. 1695: Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (Kennedy) PHA (Regulatory): Issues relating to long term safety and effectiveness of medical devices and drugs, including registries; issues relating to post-market surveillance of drugs and medical devices; issues relating to access for investigational drugs; and issues related to electronic prescribing requirements; issues relating to e-prescribing of DEA controlled substances.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CARMELLA BOCCHINO —
JILL DOWELL —
BEHRENDS FOSTER —
KAREN IGNAGNI —
ALETHIA JACKSON —
CANDACE SCHALLER —
SCOTT STYLES —
KELLY RENEA VOGEL —
HOWARD WEISS —
THOMAS JEROME WILDER —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 885 (110th), H.R. 5629 (110th), S. 316 (110th), S. 1695 (110th), H.R. 1038 (110th), H.R. 971 (110th), S. 623 (110th), S. 1505 (110th)

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