4th Quarter - Report — MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC for MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC (2010)

Firm

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC

Client

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC

Income

—

Expenses

$470,000

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.

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to comprehensive health care reform: Health Information Technology; ARRA Privacy and Security Rules; Generic Biologics; Comparative Effectiveness; Importation of Prescription Drugs; Competitive Bidding; Chronic Care Management; Healthcare Reform; and Healthcare Implementation H.R. 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Title VIII Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies; Healthcare Research and Quality and Title XIII - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act; all sections H.R. 1321 and S. 391 - Healthy Americans Act; all sections H.R. 1427 and S. 726 - Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act; all sections H.R. 1548- Pathway for Biosimilars Act; all sections H.R. 3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act; all sections H.R. 3596 - Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 3962 - Affordable Healthcare for America Act; all sections Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; all sections (formerly H.R. 3590) H.R. 4199 - Patient Health and Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act; all sections Public Law 111-152 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; all sections (formerly H.R. 4872 and S. Con. Res. 13) H.R. 4489 - The FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 5235 - The Medicare Access to Diabetes Supplies Act; all sections H.R. 3790 - To Amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare Competitive Acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS); all sections Public Law 104-191 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Title II H.R. 5440 - Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2010; all sections

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN	—
BARBARA W COSGRIFF	—
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN	—
PETER HARTY New	N/A
JENNIFER ROMANS New	Sr. Policy Advisor, Sen. John Kyl
RYAN SADLER	—
HEATHER STEWART	—

Contacted: Postal Regulatory Commission; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Postal Rate Commission; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Bills named: H.R. 1427 (111th), S. 391 (111th), H.R. 4489 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 726 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), H.R. 3596 (111th), H.R. 5235 (111th), H.R. 1548 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), S.Con.Res. 13 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 5440 (111th), H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 3790 (111th)

Postal POS

issues related to proposals to limit mail delivery by the U.S. postal service H.R. 5746 - The United States Postal Service's CSR Obligation Modification Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 5919 - To Grant the Postmaster General the Authority to Implement up to 12 Non-Mail Delivery Days Each Fiscal Year for the United States Postal Service S. 3831 - The Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act or the POST Act of 2010; all sections S. 4000 - The U.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 2010; all sections

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BARBARA W COSGRIFF	—
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN	—

Contacted: Postal Regulatory Commission; Postal Rate Commission; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Bills named: H.R. 5919 (111th), H.R. 5746 (111th), S. 3831 (111th), S. 4000 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Healthcare reform; healthcare regulations; Medicare Part D; proposed antitrust exemptions for certain pharmacies; IVIG payments; Medicare demonstration projects for durable medical equipment; importation of prescription drugs; home infusion; disclosure of PBM information; changes to drug benefits offered under the FEHBP and increasing healthcare value; competitive bidding; proposed revisions to the blood glucose local coverage determination H.R. 574 and S. 254 - Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 1204 - Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 1765 - To Amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for the furnishing of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in a patient's home for the treatment of primary immune deficiency diseases and to cover certain disposable pumps as durable medical equipment in place of non-disposable pumps under the Medicare program; all sections H.R. 5597 - To Establish a Medicare Patient IVIG Access Demonstration Project; all sections H.R. 4199 - Patient Health and Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 3962 - Affordable Healthcare for All America Act of 2009; all sections S. 1796 - America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; sections 1001 - 2221 H.R. 3790 - To amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare Competitive Acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS); all sections H.R. 4752 - Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiations Act of 2010; all sections Public Law 111-152 - Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (formerly H.R. 4872); all sections

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN	—
BARBARA W COSGRIFF	—
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN	—
PETER HARTY New	N/A
JENNIFER ROMANS New	Sr. Policy Advisor, Sen. John Kyl
RYAN SADLER	—
HEATHER STEWART	—

Contacted: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Postal Rate Commission; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Postal Regulatory Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1796 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 5597 (111th), S. 254 (111th), H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 1765 (111th), H.R. 3790 (111th), H.R. 4752 (111th), H.R. 1204 (111th), H.R. 574 (111th)

Pharmacy PHA

Healthcare reform; antitrust exemptions for independent pharmacists; PBM auditing rules; mail order pharmacy; federal employee health benefits program H.R. 1204 - Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 4489 - The FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 5234 - PBM Audit Reform and Transparency Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 4199 - Patient Health and Reinvestment Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Title XIII - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act; all sections

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN	—
BARBARA W COSGRIFF	—
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN	—
HEATHER STEWART	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Postal Regulatory Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Postal Rate Commission; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 4489 (111th), H.R. 1204 (111th), H.R. 5234 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)

Affiliated organisations

Organisation	Location
ACCREDO HEALTH GROUP, INC.	Memphis, TN, US
LIBERTY MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC.	Port St. Lucie, FL, US

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