1st Quarter - Report

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC for HCA

Firm
Client
HCA
Income
$130,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR 1976 To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (all sections of full text)(oppose) Monitored CMS Tennessee Medicare Block Grant waiver Monitored S 386 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021 Monitored HR 1227 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2021 Monitored CMS regulations and reporting requirements under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, in the COVID-19 emergency declaration

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACK S DEUSER —
JAMES C FREE —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —
TREVOR W. KOLEGO —
W. TIMOTHY LOCKE —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1976 (117th), H.R. 1227 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

HR 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (All sections of full text) PL 117-2 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (All sections of full text) S 748 Medicare Sequester Relief Act (All sections of full text) HR 1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes (All sections of full text) Monitored CMS price transparency rule for hospitals, Public Health Service Act Section 2718(e) Monitored CMS rulemaking on surprise billing ban Monitored S 368 Telehealth Modernization Act Monitored HR 1332 Telehealth Modernization Act Monitored Executive Branch action reports and consultations associated with Executive Order 14017 on America's supply chains Monitored S 155 Equal Access to Care Act Monitored HR 688 Equal Access to Care Act Monitored S 168 TREAT Act Monitored HR 708 TREAT Act Monitored discussions of 340B Drug Pricing Program Monitored implementation of Sec. 6001 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 Monitored discussions pertinent to health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACK S DEUSER —
JAMES C FREE —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —
TREVOR W. KOLEGO —
W. TIMOTHY LOCKE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1868 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), H.R. 688 (117th), H.R. 708 (117th), H.R. 133 (117th)

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.