1st Quarter - Report

ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY AFFILIATED PLANS for ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY AFFILIATED PLANS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$54,897
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Support for providing budgetary offsets by equalizing the Medicaid drug rebate for Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER ANN BABCOCK —
DAVID STEPHEN COX —
MARY KENNEDY —
DEBORAH KILSTEIN —
MARGARET MURRAY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Support for providing funding for health information technology to safety net health plans as part of economic stimulus package (H.R. 1); Support for expansion of Medcaid, Medicare and SCHIP as part of comprehensive health reform legislation; Support for addressing the appropriateness of health plan choices for people newly covered under health coverage expansions; Support for providing access to expanded coverage through safety net helth plans; Inclusion of statutory definition of Safety Net Health Plan

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER ANN BABCOCK —
DAVID STEPHEN COX —
MARY KENNEDY —
DEBORAH KILSTEIN —
MARGARET MURRAY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Support for equalizing the Medicaid drug rebate between Medicaid fee-for-service and Medicaid managed care; Drug Rebate Equalization Act (H.R. 904/S 547); Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurace Porgram (H.R. 2); Support for increasing the Federal Medicaid Matching Rates as part of economic stimulus package (H.R. 1); Support for long-term reauthorization of the Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan Program; cont'd Support for addressing problems with the Medicare Advantage risk adjustment system for certain special needs plans; Support for improving the coordination of Medicare and Medicaid benefits for dual eligibles; Support for expansion of Medicaid, Medicare and SCHIP as part of comprehensive health reform legislation; Support for legislative solution to address "churning" in Medicaid eligibility and to improve quality measurement in Medicaid; Legislative issues regarding extending the Medicaid MCO provider tax

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENNIFER ANN BABCOCK —
DAVID STEPHEN COX —
MARY KENNEDY —
DEBORAH KILSTEIN —
MARGARET MURRAY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 2 (111th), H.R. 904 (111th)

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.