4th Quarter - Report

RED+BLUE STRATEGIES for PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

Firm
Client
Income
$30,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 3742 - Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act - ensuring that the pipeline for antibiotics is developed in the country. Senator Bennet-Senator Hatch Bill: Promise for Antibiotics and Therapeutics for Health (PATH) Act - ensuring that the pipeline for antibiotics is developed in the country. Implementation and rulemaking related to the Physician Payment Sunshine Act - A Medicare-related provision in the Health Reform Law focused on increasing systemic transparency. Legislative issues that would allow incentives for the discovery and FDA approval of new antibiotics. Regulatory issues surrounding Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) being addressed by the Food and Drug Administration and Congressional oversight. Regulatory issues regarding Meaningful Use 3 regulations being considered by CMS and congressional oversight. Exploring new policies to improve end of life care in America. Issues related to ending prescription drug abuse and diversion.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN HAUCK MARSHALL —
MELANIE JAN NATHANSON —

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

Bills named: H.R. 3742 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Implementation and rulemaking related to the Physician Payment Sunshine Act- a Medicare-related provision in the health reform law focused on systemic transparency. Discussions of including the new unique device identifiers in materials related to Medicare. Issues related to curbing prescription drug abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Policies that relate to improving end of life care in America.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN HAUCK MARSHALL —
MELANIE JAN NATHANSON —

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

Pharmacy PHA

Implementation and rulemaking related to the Physician Payment Sunshine Act - A Medicare-related provision in the Health Reform Law focused on increasing systemic transparency. H.R. 3742 - Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act - ensuring that the pipeline for antibiotics is developed in the country. The Senate PATH Act of 2014 - focused on ensuring that the pipeline for antibiotics is developed in the country. Issues related to curbing prescription drug abuse and diversion.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MEGAN HAUCK MARSHALL —
MELANIE JAN NATHANSON —

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

Bills named: H.R. 3742 (113th)

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.