4th Quarter - Report

AVENUE SOLUTIONS for EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC

Firm
Client
Income
$80,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

S.1693 Wired for Health Care Quality Act; HR 3800 Promoting Health Information Technology Act; HR 5442 Technologies for Restoring Users Security and Trust in Health Information Act of 2008; Health Information Technology (HIT); HR 6357 PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008; HR 6898, Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008; Healthcare issues related to economic recovery/stimulus package (HR 1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008) including Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages (FMAP), HIT, privacy, Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER); Universal Healthcare Coverage.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRACY SPICER Staff Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
AMY TEJRAL Legislative Director, Senator Ben Nelson

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 5442 (110th), H.R. 6357 (110th), H.R. 3800 (110th), H.R. 6898 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR 6331/S.3101 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; S.3144/HR 6252 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008; Delay in competitive bidding for DME and supplies; HR 4296/S 2408 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection Act of 2007 (E-MEDS); E-prescribing.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRACY SPICER Staff Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
AMY TEJRAL Legislative Director, Senator Ben Nelson

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 3144 (110th), H.R. 6252 (110th), S. 3101 (110th), H.R. 4296 (110th), H.R. 6331 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

Issues relating to prompt pay.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TRACY SPICER Staff Assistant, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
AMY TEJRAL Legislative Director, Senator Ben Nelson

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.