2nd Quarter - Report

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC for MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$600,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

health care ceform, health care regulations, Medicare Part D, proposed antitrust exemptions for certain pharmacists, IVIG payments, Medicare Demonstration Projects for durable medical equipment, importation of prescription drugs, home infusion, disclosure of PBM information, changes to drug benefits offered under the FEHBP and increasing healthcare value. H.R. 574 and S. 254 - Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 1204 - Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 1765 - To Amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to payment for the furnishing of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in a patient's home for the treatment of primary immune deficiency diseases and to cover certain disposable pumps as durable medical equipment in place of non-disposable pumps under the Medicare Program; all sections H.R. 4199 - Patient Health and Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; all sections S 1793 - America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 4752 - Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiations Act of 2010; all sections Public Law 111-152 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (formerly H.R. 4872); all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JODY ALLEN —
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN —
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
RYAN SADLER —
HEATHER STEWART —
NICOLETTE TAPAY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 4752 (111th), S. 254 (111th), H.R. 1204 (111th), H.R. 1765 (111th), H.R. 574 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to comprehensive health care reform: Health Information Technology, ARRA Privacy and Security Rules, generic biologics, comparative effectiveness, chronic care management, health care reform, and health care implementation H.R. 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; title VIII Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, Healthcare Research adn Quality and Title XIII - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act; all sections H.R. 1321 and S. 391 - Healthy Americans Act; all sections H.R. 1427 and S. 726 - Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act; all sections H.R. 1548 - Pathway for Biosimilars Act; all sections H.R. 3200 - American's Affordable Health Choices Act; all sections H.R. 3596 - Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009; all sections H.R. 3962 - Affordable Healthcare for America Act; all sections Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection adn Affordable Care Act; all sections (formerly H.R. 3590) H.R. 4199 - Patient Health adn Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act; all sections Public Law 111-152 - Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; all sections (formerly H.R. 4872 and S. Con. Res. 13) H.R. 4489 - The FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 5235 - The Medicare Access to Diabetes Supplies Act; all sections H.R 3790 - To Amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare Competitive Acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS); all sections Public Law 104-191 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Title II H.R. 5440 - Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2010; all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JODY ALLEN —
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN —
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
RYAN SADLER —
HEATHER STEWART —
NICOLETTE TAPAY —

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 13 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), S. 726 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 3790 (111th), H.R. 1548 (111th), H.R. 3596 (111th), H.R. 5235 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 4489 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 1427 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 5440 (111th), S. 391 (111th)

Government Issues GOV

Issues relating to the delivery of prescription drug benefit portion of the FEHBP. H.R. 4489, the FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act of 2010; all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JODY ALLEN —
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN —
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
HEATHER STEWART —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 4489 (111th)

Pharmacy PHA

health care reform; antitrust exemptions for independent pharmacists; PBM auditing rules; mail order pharmacy; federal employee health benefits program Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordale Care Act; all sections (formerly H.R. 3590) H.R. 4489 - The FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 5234 - PBM Audit Reform and Transparency Act of 2010; all sections H.R. 4199 - Patient Health and Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act; all sections H.R. 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Title XIII - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act; all sections

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JODY ALLEN —
ANDREA MARLENE BERGMAN —
BARBARA W COSGRIFF —
LILLIAN VERNE GERMAN —
RYAN SADLER —
HEATHER STEWART —
NICOLETTE TAPAY —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 5234 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 4199 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4489 (111th)

Affiliated organisations

OrganisationLocation
ACCREDO HEALTH GROUP, INC. Memphis, TN, US
LIBERTY MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC. Port St. Lucie, FL, US

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.