3rd Quarter - Report

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED for QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$220,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Monitor implementation of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), and provisions related to clinical laboratory testing for COVID-19, including coverage and reimbursement of COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Monitor implementation of H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the CARES Act, (Public Law 116-136), and provisions related to clinical laboratory testing for COVID-19, including coverage and reimbursement of COVID-19 diagnostic tests, laboratory data collection and reimbursement under PAMA, and laboratory data reporting. Federal policy relating to implementation of anti-kickback requirements in Section 8122 of the Support for Patients and Communities Act, Public Law 115-271. H.R. 6102/S. 3404, the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act, provisions relating to FDA oversight of laboratory-developed tests. The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) and COVID-19 liability protection for frontline health care providers, including CLIA-licensed laboratories and their personnel. H.R.925 - the Heroes Act, and provisions related to coverage for COVID-19 testing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHERRY HARPER WIDICUS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 925 (116th), S. 3404 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 6102 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Monitor implementation of H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, (Public Law 116-94) and provisions related to policies regarding data collection from laboratories under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA). S. 2246, Allergy Testing Access Act of 2019, and H.R. 2009, the Removing Barriers to Allergy Diagnostic Tests Act, and provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid coverage of allergy diagnostic tests.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHERRY HARPER WIDICUS —

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2246 (116th), H.R. 1865 (116th), H.R. 2009 (116th)

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.