4th Quarter - Report — ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. for ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. (2008)

Firm

ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.

Client

ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.

Income

—

Expenses

$970,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Comparative Effectiveness Research; Appropriations (Medicare Advantage Funding, SCHIP Reauthorization, Uninsured)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CAROLYN HICKS MAYLE	—
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
KIM ZIMMERMAN	Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ben Nelson, Research Analyst, US Department of Justice, Leg. Correspondent/Asst., Sen. Tom Harkin

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

S.334/H.R.3163 "Healthy Americans Act"; Health Information Technology (S.1693 "Wired for Health Care Quality Act" - Electronic Health Records; H.R.2406 "Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act" - Interoperability); Comparative Effectiveness; Transparency; E-Prescribing; ICD-10

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CAROLYN HICKS MAYLE	—
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
KIM ZIMMERMAN	Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ben Nelson, Research Analyst, US Department of Justice, Leg. Correspondent/Asst., Sen. Tom Harkin

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2406 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 3163 (110th), S. 334 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Quality; Medicare; Medicare Advantage (Accountability, Transparency, Marketing); Medicare Part D (Prompt-Pay, Oversight, Negotiation of Prescription Drug Prices); Medicare Physician Payment (H.R.6331 "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008"); Medicaid; SCHIP (H.R.3162 "Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007")

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CAROLYN HICKS MAYLE	—
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
KIM ZIMMERMAN	Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ben Nelson, Research Analyst, US Department of Justice, Leg. Correspondent/Asst., Sen. Tom Harkin

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6331 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th)

Insurance INS

Association Health Plans; Comparative Effectiveness; Genetic Nondiscrimination (S.358/H.R.493 "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007"); Health Savings Accounts; Mental Health Parity (S.558 "Mental Health Parity Act of 2007"; H.R.1424 "Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007"); Rescission; Uninsured; Insurance Market Reform (S.1019 "Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act"); Underwriting

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CAROLYN HICKS MAYLE	—
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
KIM ZIMMERMAN	Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ben Nelson, Research Analyst, US Department of Justice, Leg. Correspondent/Asst., Sen. Tom Harkin

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 493 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 358 (110th), S. 1019 (110th), S. 558 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

Generic Drugs; Follow-On Biologics

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CAROLYN HICKS MAYLE	—
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
KIM ZIMMERMAN	Legislative Assistant, Sen. Ben Nelson, Research Analyst, US Department of Justice, Leg. Correspondent/Asst., Sen. Tom Harkin