1st Quarter - Report

HIGHMARK, INC. for HIGHMARK INC

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$170,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report (this page) Apr 18, 2016 $170,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment May 5, 2016 $330,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

833; Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Cadillac Tax HR 928 Introduced February 12, 2015 by Charles Boustany (R-LA) This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY P ENGLERT —
MICHAEL G WARFEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 928 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Advantage; Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA); Exchanges; Delivery System Reform; Rate Notice and Call Letter; Medicare Part D lock-in legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY P ENGLERT —
MICHAEL G WARFEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act Issues - Chronic Care Innovations; Payment reform; 2017 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP); ACA Regulations; Co-ops; Implementation; Open Enrollment; Market Stability; Grace Periods; Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs); Risk Corridors, Reinsurance Other Health Care Issues - Opioid Education HR 928 Introduced February 12, 2015 by Charles Boustany (R-LA) This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income. HR 3463 Aligning Childrens Dental Coverage Act Introduced September 9, 2015 by H. Griffith (R-VA) To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to clarify the treatment of pediatric dental coverage in the individual and group markets outside of Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes. as introduced. S. 2484 the Clinical Opportunities for Novel and Necessary Effective Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act Introduced February 2, 2016 by Brian Schatz (D-HI) A bill to amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to promote cost savings and quality care under the Medicare program through the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, and for other purposes.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY P ENGLERT —
MICHAEL G WARFEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3463 (114th), S. 2484 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

ACA Risk Corridors, Reinsurance

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY P ENGLERT —
MICHAEL G WARFEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Pharmacy PHA

Opioid Abuse; Prescription Drugs; Specialty Drugs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREGORY P ENGLERT —
MICHAEL G WARFEL —

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.