2nd Quarter - Report — ACCENTCARE, INC. for ACCENTCARE, INC. (2024)

Firm

ACCENTCARE, INC.

Client

ACCENTCARE, INC.

Income

—

Expenses

$185,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to home health and hospice payment policy, quality, and program integrity; Issues related to Medicaid home and community-based services; Issues related to home health and hospice payment policies in the CY 2024 Home Health Proposed Rule and FY24 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule; Hospice program integrity; Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 (S. 2137/H.R 5159); Issues related to health care workforce shortages; proposed policies in the Medicaid HCBS Access proposed rule; H.R.8114 - To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to place certain limitations on Medicaid payments for home or community-based services.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY SMITH	Legislative Assistant, Senator Bill Nelson (FL)

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

Bills named: H.R. 8114 (118th), H.R. 5159 (118th), S. 2137 (118th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to home health and hospice payment policy, quality, and program integrity; Issues related to Medicaid home and community-based services. Issues related to home health and hospice payment policies in the CY 2024 Home Health Proposed Rule and FY24 Hospice Wage Index Proposed Rule; Hospice program integrity; Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 (S. 2137/H.R 5159); Issues related to health care workforce shortages; proposed policies in the Medicaid HCBS Access proposed rule; H.R.8114 - To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to place certain limitations on Medicaid payments for home or community-based services.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY SMITH	Legislative Assistant, Senator Bill Nelson (FL)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2137 (118th), H.R. 5159 (118th), H.R. 8114 (118th)

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.