1st Quarter - Amendment

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC for MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,080,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report Apr 20, 2011 $1,080,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) May 9, 2012 $1,080,000 Yes

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 healthcare reform implementation: Health Information Technology; ARRA Privacy and Security Rules; Generic Biologics; Importation of Prescription Drugs; Competitive Bidding; Home Infusion; Chronic Care Management; anit-PBM legislation, including disclosure of pricing and contracting information; healthcare delivery systems reforms, and cost containment. 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 Qualtiy and Title XIII - Helath Information Technology for Exonomic and Clinical Helaht Act or the HITECT Act; all sections. HR 1321 and S 391 - Health Americans Act, all sections HR 1548 - Pathway for Biosimiars Act, all sections HR 3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act; all sections Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; all sections (formerly HR 3500, H Con Res. 254, S 1790) Public Law 111-152 - Helath Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, all health sections (formerly HR 4872 and S. Con Res. 13) HR 979 - The FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act; all sections HR 1041 - Fairness in Medicare Bidding Act (FIMBA); Section 2 HR 5 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare Act of 2011, all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
PETER HARTY —
JENNIFER ROMANS —
RYAN SADLER —

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

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 13 (112th), H.R. 3200 (112th), H.R. 979 (112th), H.R. 1321 (112th), H.Con.Res. 254 (112th), H.R. 4872 (112th), H.R. 1041 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 1548 (112th), H.R. 3500 (112th)

Postal POS

Issues related to proposals to limit mail delivery service by the United States Postal Service; postal reform HR 1262 - Reform the Postal Service for the 21st Century Act; sections 3-13 HR 1351 - United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011; all sections S 353 - United States Postal Service Improvements Act of 2011; all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
PETER HARTY —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1262 (112th), H.R. 1351 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

Healthcare reform implementation; antitrust exemptions for independent pharmacists; anti-PBM legislation, including disclosure of pricing and contracting information; mail order pharmacy; federal employee health benefits program. HR 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. Public Law 111-152 - Health Care and Education REconciliation Act of 2010 (formerly HR 4872 and S. Con. Res 13); all health sections HR 3790 = To Amend Title XVIII of the SSA to repeal the medicare Competitive Acquistion program for DMEPOS, all sections HR 1041 - Fairness in Medicare Bidding Act (FIMBA); section 2 HR 979 - The FEHBP Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act of 2011; all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
PETER HARTY —
JENNIFER ROMANS —

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

Bills named: H.R. 979 (112th), H.R. 1041 (112th), S.Con.Res. 13 (112th), H.R. 3790 (112th), H.R. 1 (112th), H.R. 4872 (112th)

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. HR 574 and S 254 - Medicare Home Infusion Coverage Act; all sections HR 1765 - To Amedn Title XVIII of the SSA 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 HR 3962 - Affordable Care Act for All America Act; all sections S 1796 - America's Health Future Act; sections 1001-2221 HR 3790 - To amend Title XVIII of the SSA to repeal the Medicare Competitive Acqusition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS); all sections Public Law 111-152 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (formerly HR 4872); all sections HR 1041 - Fairness in Medciare Bidding Act (FIMBA), section 2

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
PETER HARTY —
JENNIFER ROMANS —
RYAN SADLER —

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

Bills named: H.R. 4872 (112th), H.R. 3962 (112th), H.R. 1041 (112th), H.R. 3790 (112th), H.R. 574 (112th), H.R. 1765 (112th)

Affiliated organisations

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

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