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Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1204--Pharmacies Antitrust carve out legislation

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1204 (111th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 806, Mail Order Demonstration program for TRICARE Items related to implementing federal ceiling prices for prescription drugs dispensed at retail within the TRICARE program. H.R. 5013, the IMPROVE Acquisition Act HR 5136/S 3280, National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (Section 700 CHAMPUS issues)

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Bills named: H.R. 5136 (111th), H.R. 5013 (111th), H.R. 806 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Policies related to health reform, structure, PBM and drug benefit requirements--HR 3590, HR 4872 Establishment of a regulatory pathway for biogenerics/biosimilars--HR 3590 Regulatory implementation issues of HITECH, (ARRA, HR 1)

Contacted: Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Exclusion of specialty distributors' prompt pay discounts from the definition of average sales price Health reform proposals that impact Medicare Part D such as formulary requirements, waiver of anti-kickback statutes for generic drug copay waivers, direct negotiation, Medicaid rebate changes, PBM disclosure provisions, closing the Part D coverage gap--HR 3590 and HR 4872 (PPACA/Health care reform)

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th)

Pharmacy PHA

Items related to reverse settlement payments between manufacturers--HR 1706, S 369 Policies related to the Federal Employees Health Benefit program's pharmacy benefit program--HR 4489 Design and coverage of pharmacy benefits in health reform legislation as well as PBM disclosure requirements--HR 3590, HR 4872 Policies related to restricting PBMs' ability to manage prescription drug benefits -- HR 4199 HR 5234, PBM Audit Reform and Transparency Act

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1706 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4489 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 5234 (111th)