2nd Quarter - Amendment

TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC for ABBOTT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALERE INC.)

Firm
Client
Income
$80,000
Expenses
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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
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 18, 2021 $80,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Jul 19, 2021 $80,000 Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to international trade

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

TCJA implementation reconciliation

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursement Medicare competitive bidding for diabetic supplies Opioids diagnostics PAMA, CLIA Self-testing Nutrition Malnutrition and hospital readmissions Emerging medical device technology National Coverage Decisions

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

Health Issues HCR

medical device user fee reauthorization, diagnostics regulation, in vitro diagnostics, influenza preparedness, opioids, software as a medical device, interoperability, cybersecurity, data privacy, effective pain management, Sunshine, COVID testing, distribution/supply chain H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan of 2021 implementation S. 1260, Endless Frontiers Act

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

Bills named: S. 1260 (117th), H.R. 1319 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Appropriations, budget S. Con. Res. 5 (117) ARPA-H

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KIMBERLY LYNN BRANDT Sr. Counsel and Dir. External Affairs - HHS OIG; Prin. Dep. Administrator for Policy and Operations and Dir. of Medicare Program Integrity - CMS; Chief Oversight and General Counsel - Senate Cmte. on Finance
RAISSA H DOWNS Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.
MICHELLE P EASTON Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC Leg. Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Cmte.; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner
ELIZABETH T MURRAY Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham
EMILY H MURRY Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Leader McCarthy; Policy Advisor, Majority Whip McCarthy; Professional Staff, Republican Study Cmte.; Leg. Aid, Rep. Ken Calvert; Leg. Asst., Rep. Tom Price
PAMELA SMITH Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept of Justice; Spec Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Justice; Counsel and LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
JENNIFER B YOUNG Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance

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

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 5 (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.