3rd Quarter - Report — WELLMARK, INC. for WELLMARK INC (2009)

Firm

WELLMARK, INC.

Client

WELLMARK INC

Income

—

Expenses

$130,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Advantage Medicaid Medigap Guaranteed Issue to Medicare Disabled/ESRD

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FRANK J STORK	—

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

IRC section 833(b) tax provisions Proposed annual insurer assessments Proposed excise tax on high-value health insurance plans Proposed limitation of tax deduction for health insurer's executive compensation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FRANK J STORK	—

Contacted: Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

See attached addendum for General Lobbying Issue Area: HCR - Healthcare Health Care Reform; Pathway to Covering America; Employer Based Healthcare System; Uninsured/Expanding Coverage; Healthcare Reform Modeling; Insurance Market Reform; Individual Market Reform; Small Group Market Reform; Small Business Healthcare; Guaranteed Issue; Community Rating; Health Status Rating; Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts; Individual Mandate; HR 3200 "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"; S 1679 "Affordable Health Choices Act"; Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark - no bill number "America's Healthy Future Act"; HR 1321 and S 391 "Healthy Americans Act"; HR 1897 and S 803 "Healthy Workforce Act of 2009"; Government-run health insurance Plan; Government Plan Trigger; Co-Ops; Medicare Payment Rates; Provider Underpayments; Level Playing Field Affordable Private Health Care; proposed insurer fees; excise taxes on high value Plans; 5 to 1 Age Rating Bands; Realistic Minimum Benefit Values; Effective Individual Mandate; Sherlock Report; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms; Health Care Quality; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Health Disparities; Wellness; Chronic Care Management; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Improved Delivery of Health Care; evidence based care; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms; Pooling, Exchanges, Federal Connectors; Virtual Connectors; State Insurance Marts (SIMs); Health Information Technology Standards; Health Information Privacy; Electronic Health Records; Administrative Simplification; Antitrust and Health Insurance Reform; HR 3596 "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009"

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FRANK J STORK	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1897 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), H.R. 3596 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Medicare Advantage Funding and 2010 Medicare Advantage Rates; Comparative Effectiveness Funding; HR 3293 "Department of HHS Appropropriations Act" pertaining to Medicare Advantage funding

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
FRANK J STORK	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Bills named: H.R. 3293 (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.