4th Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for HOSPICE ACTION NETWORK

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Veterans VET

Issues related to the We Honor Veterans program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitored H.R. 1158, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 and H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, as it relates to access to hospice for FQHC and RHC patients.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1158 (116th), H.R. 1865 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

S. 2080 / H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act and issues regarding access to palliative care.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

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

Bills named: S. 2080 (116th), H.R. 647 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues concerning access to the Medicare hospice benefit. S. 1190 / H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2019 and issues involving access to hospice for Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC) patients. Issues regarding reimbursement for the Medicare hospice benefit. Issues related to advanced care illness management. Issues related to regulatory relief. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 and issues regarding hospice program integrity.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

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

Bills named: S. 2807 (116th), H.R. 2594 (116th), S. 1190 (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.