RED+BLUE STRATEGIES for COMMUNITY CATALYST
What was lobbied
2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
Issues related to the Finance Committee's activities surrounding improving chronic care coverage, specifically around the importance of factoring Socioeconomic Status into key measures including risk adjustment. S. 1945 - The Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 - Focused on coverage for children, people with substance use disorders and increasing parity between mental and physical health care. H.R. 2646- The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act- focus on ensuring that mental health and substance use disorders are better integrated into our nation's health care system. S. 524 - the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act - provisions focused on fighting opioid abuse and strategies for prevention and recovery. Delivery system reform as related to Medicare, Medicaid and the private insurance market. Issues related to the development of programs, regulations and guidance in the implementation of the health reform law, including the creation of state exchanges, development of policies surrounding subsidies, treatment of charity care in hospitals, policies surrounding Medicaid expansion and demonstration projects for dual eligible. Promulgation of regulations and development of programs related to Navigators and Assisters, civil rights and policies governing the Exchanges in the new health care Marketplaces. Development of policies designed to improve quality and perhaps garner savings in the Medicare program. Issues related to state Medicaid expansion.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEGAN HAUCK MARSHALL | — |
| MELANIE JAN NATHANSON | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
Issues related to the Finance Committee's activities surrounding improving chronic care coverage, specifically around the importance of factoring Socioeconomic Status into key measures including risk adjustment. H.R. 2646- The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act- focus on ensuring that mental health and substance use disorders are better integrated into the Medicaid program. Delivery system reform as related to Medicare, Medicaid and the private insurance market. Issues related to the development of programs, regulations and guidance in the implementation of the health reform law, including the creation of state exchanges, development of policies surrounding subsidies, treatment of charity care in hospitals, policies surrounding Medicaid expansion and demonstration projects for dual eligible. Development of policies designed to improve quality and perhaps garner savings in the Medicare program. Issues related to state Medicaid expansion under the ACA.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MEGAN HAUCK MARSHALL | — |
| MELANIE JAN NATHANSON | — |
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