1st Quarter - Report — ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. for ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. (2008)

Firm

ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.

Client

ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.

Income

—

Expenses

$1,050,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

S.334/H.R.3163 "Healthy Americans Act"; Health Information Technology (E-Prescribing, S.1693 "Wired for Health Care Quality Act"-Electronic Health Records; H.R.2406 "Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act"); Comparative Effectiveness; Transparency

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
JERRY STEFFL	—

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

Bills named: S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 2406 (110th), H.R. 3163 (110th), S. 334 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Quality; Medicare; Medicare Advantage (Accountability, Transparency); Medicare Part D (Claims Payment, Oversight, Negotiation of Presciption Drug Prices); Medicare Physician Payment; Medicaid; SCHIP (H.R.3162 "Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007")

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate Help Committee
JERRY STEFFL	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 3162 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Comparative Effectiveness Research; Appropriations (S.Con.Res.70/H.Con.Res.312 "Budget Resolution FY2009" - Medicare Advantage Funding, SCHIP Reauthorization, Uninsured)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
JERRY STEFFL	—

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

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 70 (110th), H.Con.Res. 312 (110th)

Insurance INS

Association Health Plans; Comparative Effectiveness; Genetic Nondiscrimination (S.358/H.R.493 "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007"); Health Savings Accounts; Mental Health Parity (S.558 "Mental Health Parity Act of 2007"; H.R.1424 "Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007"); Recision; Uninsured; Insurance Market Reform (S.1019 "Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act"); ERISA (29 CFR Part 2550)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JUDITH LANGER	—
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
JERRY STEFFL	—

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

Bills named: S. 558 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 358 (110th), H.R. 493 (110th), S. 1019 (110th)

Pharmacy PHA

Generic Drugs; Follow-On Biologics

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN NORTHRUP	Health Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee
JERRY STEFFL	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); 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.