1st Quarter - Report

PUBLIC POLICY MANAGEMENT GROUP for HCA HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Discussions pertinent to health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) role in helping to prevent drug shortages Monitored Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act (draft legislation) Monitored executive branch implementation of policy proposals, including those on POH, set forth in the Reforming America's Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition report (12-3-18) Monitored implementation of Sec. 6001 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 related to physician-owned hospitals

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PARKER SHERRILL —
WARREN TARDY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR1384 Medicare for All Act of 2019 (all sections of full text) Monitored HR 275 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 Monitored HR 2000 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 Monitored 981 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 Monitored S 470 Medicare at 50 Act Monitored HR1301 The Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act of 2019 Monitored HR1559 The 340B Protection and Accountability Act of 2019 Monitored HR1332 The Fair Care Act of 2019 Monitored HR861 The End Surprise Billing Act of 2019 Monitored the Adminstartion's FY 2020 budget proposal (sections pertaining to Medicare payment modifications and Medicaid block grants to the states) Monitored proposed reduction on the amount of Medicare bad debt/uncompensated care payments to hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries who fail to pay their cost sharing obligations for treatments provided by the hospital Monitored Medicare outpatient site neutral proposal rates

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PARKER SHERRILL —
WARREN TARDY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2000 (116th), H.R. 861 (116th), H.R. 1332 (116th), H.R. 1559 (116th), H.R. 275 (116th), H.R. 1384 (116th), H.R. 1301 (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.