HIGHMARK, INC. for HIGHMARK INC
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Medicare Advantage Funding and Comparative Effectiveness Funding in Health Care Reform legislation
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GREGORY P ENGLERT | — |
| MICHAEL G WARFEL | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Sections of Health Care Reform legislation pertaining to proposed annual insurer assessments, proposed excise tax on high-value health insurance plans
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GREGORY P ENGLERT | — |
| MICHAEL G WARFEL | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
Medicare Advantage; Medicare Part D
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GREGORY P ENGLERT | — |
| MICHAEL G WARFEL | — |
Health Issues HCR
See attached addendum for General Lobbying Issue Area: HCR - Healthcare Health Care Reform Bill HR3590 "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" parts pertaining to health care reform; Health Care Reconcilliation Bill HR 4872 "The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconcilliation Act of 2010" parts pertaining to health care reform; reasonable effective dates for comliance with insurance reforms; affordable premiums (insurer tax, insufficient cost containment, weak mandate, restricted age discounts, insurer fees); federal health insurance rate authority; national insurance exchange; grandfathering; Health Care Reform; Pathway to Covering America; Employer Based Healthcare System; Uninsured/Expanding Coverage; Healthcare Reform Modeling; Insurance Market Reform; Individual Market Reform; Small Group Market Reform; Small Business Healthcare; Guaranteed Issue; Community Rating; Health Status Rating; Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts; Individual Manadate; Medical Loss Ratios; Government-run health insurance Plan; Government Plan Trigger; negotiated rates; state opt-out; Co-Ops; Medicare Payment Rates; Provider Underpayments; Level Playing Field; Affordable Private Health Care; proposed insurer fees; excise taxes on high value Plans; premium caps; 5 to 1 Age Rating Bands; Realistic Minimum Benefit Values; Effective Individual Mandate; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms; malpractice reform; Oliver Wyman actuarial analysis "Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the Costs in the Individual and Small-Employer Health Insurance Markets"; CBO premium impact analysis New federal regulatory functions; existing state regulatory functions; Federal Exchanges; Federal Connectors; Pooling; Health Care Quality; Patient-centered Primary Care/Medical Home; Health Disparities; Wellness; Chronic Care Management; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Improved Delivery of Health Care; evidence based care; Healthcare Delivery System Reforms; Health Information Technology; Health Information Privacy; Electronic Health Records; Antitrust and Health Insurance Reform; McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption repeal legislation: HR 4626 "Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act"; Health care reform issues related to stand-alone dental and vision coverage
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GREGORY P ENGLERT | — |
| MICHAEL G WARFEL | — |
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.