4th Quarter - Report

MERCK & CO, INC. for MERCK & CO INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$790,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Animals ANI

Issues related to animal health/vaccines

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Budget Appropriations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

NAFTA; KORUS

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Part D (general education, no specific bill); LIS Co-Pays (general education, no specific bill); Independent Payment Advisory Board (general education, no specific bill), Medicare Part B (general education); Medicaid (no specific bill); Antibiotics/stewardship; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment proposed rule (CMS); Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) demonstration

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN —

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

340B (no specific bill), Hepatitis C (general education; no specific bill), Vaccine policies (general education; first dollar coverage; preventative services), antimicrobial resistance (general education), biosimilars (no specific bill), cost and value of medicines (no specific bill), women's health (general education), Affordable Care Act, general pharmaceutical issues (transparency, formulary design, prescription drug coverage), Implementation of P.L.114-255 - 21st Century Cures Act; PAHPA (Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ERIN DARLING —
JENELLE KRISHNAMOORTHY —
COURTNEY LEE-ASHLEY —
KATIE OPPENHEIM —
BRADLEY ALLEN ROSSIN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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.