4th Quarter - Report — THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for CIGNA CORPORATION (2018)

Firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Client

CIGNA CORPORATION

Income

$60,750

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R 4894, The Harmful Tax Prevention Act. Monitored the implementation of The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97, as it relates to corporate tax issues, the taxation of multinational corporations and life insurance; S.58 / H.R. 173, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017. H.R. 4620, Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017, regarding relief from the Health Insurance Tax. H.R. 4616, the Employer Relief Act, regarding a one-year delay of the Cadillac tax; H.R. 88, A bill to change the boundaries of Shiloh National Park in Tennessee and issues related to the HIT and Cadillac tax.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	—
EMILY PORTER	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 4894 (115th), H.R. 4616 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 4620 (115th), S. 58 (115th), H.R. 88 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R.6, The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, H.R. 6082 / H.R. 3545 / H.R. 5795, The Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, S. 2680, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 and issues related to 42 CFR Part 2 and Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records. Monitored issues related to drug pricing; monitored issues related to pharmacy benefit managers, including the safe harbor protection; monitored issues related to association health plans.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
EMILY PORTER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (115th), H.R. 5795 (115th), S. 2680 (115th), H.R. 6082 (115th), H.R. 3545 (115th)

Veterans VET

Issues related to opioids.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR New	Joint Economic Committee, General Counsel; U.S. Senator Connie Mack, Legislative Assistant.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to the Medicare Advantage program including the Stars system and encounter data; issues related to the dual eligibles; H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act; S. 2680, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018; issues related to the drug pricing RFI, The Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
EMILY PORTER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6 (115th), S. 2680 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitored H.R. 6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act and Continuing Appropriations Act. Monitored H.R. 695, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
EMILY PORTER	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 695 (115th), H.R. 6157 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitored issues regarding the proposed Cigna Express Scripts transaction.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JEFF CHOUDHRY	—
STACEY HUGHES	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.