Mid-Year Report — BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION for BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION (2007)

Firm

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION

Client

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$3,100,000

What was lobbied

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

Pharmacy PHA

Biologicals; biogenerics; S623 "Access to Life Saving Medicine Act"

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DOUG ARMSTRONG	N/A
MARA BAER	N/A
ELIZABETH MACDONALD BARNETT	N/A
JOHN CERISANO	N/A
KATHLEEN CLAESSENS	N/A
MICHAEL DECARLO	N/A
KATHY DIDAWICK	N/A
JOHN ERICKSEN	N/A
GARRY EWING	N/A
ALISSA FOX	N/A
JANE GALVIN	N/A
GREGORY GIERER	—
KRIS HALTMEYER	N/A
JUSTINE HANDELMAN	N/A
PHILIP JOHN HAYS	N/A
ROBERT IMES	N/A
MARY NELL LEHNHARD	N/A
JOSEPH MUSKER	N/A
NAN NORTH	—
CHRISTINA NYQUIST	N/A
SCOTT SEROTA	N/A
JOEL SLACKMAN	N/A
JAMES BERRY TRIMBLE	N/A
PATRICK WATTS	N/A
ADAM J WOJCIAK	N/A

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare; Medicare Advantage; Medicare Part D; Comparative Effectiveness; and HR2184 "To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003..."

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DOUG ARMSTRONG	N/A
MARA BAER	N/A
ELIZABETH MACDONALD BARNETT	N/A
JOHN CERISANO	N/A
KATHLEEN CLAESSENS	N/A
MICHAEL DECARLO	N/A
KATHY DIDAWICK	N/A
JOHN ERICKSEN	N/A
GARRY EWING	N/A
ALISSA FOX	N/A
JANE GALVIN	N/A
GREGORY GIERER	—
KRIS HALTMEYER	N/A
JUSTINE HANDELMAN	N/A
PHILIP JOHN HAYS	N/A
ROBERT IMES	N/A
MARY NELL LEHNHARD	N/A
JOSEPH MUSKER	N/A
NAN NORTH	—
CHRISTINA NYQUIST	N/A
SCOTT SEROTA	N/A
JOEL SLACKMAN	N/A
JAMES BERRY TRIMBLE	N/A
PATRICK WATTS	N/A
ADAM J WOJCIAK	N/A

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

Bills named: H.R. 2184 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR3043 and S1710 "HHS Appropriations Act, 2008" sections pertaining to Medicare Contractor Funding; Medicare Advantage Funding; SCHIP Reauthorization funding; and Comparative Effectiveness Funding.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DOUG ARMSTRONG	N/A
MARA BAER	N/A
ELIZABETH MACDONALD BARNETT	N/A
JOHN CERISANO	N/A
KATHLEEN CLAESSENS	N/A
MICHAEL DECARLO	N/A
KATHY DIDAWICK	N/A
JOHN ERICKSEN	N/A
GARRY EWING	N/A
ALISSA FOX	N/A
JANE GALVIN	N/A
GREGORY GIERER	—
KRIS HALTMEYER	N/A
JUSTINE HANDELMAN	N/A
PHILIP JOHN HAYS	N/A
ROBERT IMES	N/A
MARY NELL LEHNHARD	N/A
JOSEPH MUSKER	N/A
NAN NORTH	—
CHRISTINA NYQUIST	N/A
SCOTT SEROTA	N/A
JOEL SLACKMAN	N/A
JAMES BERRY TRIMBLE	N/A
PATRICK WATTS	N/A
ADAM J WOJCIAK	N/A

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

Bills named: H.R. 3043 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Act - parts pertaining to the Health Coverage Tax Credit BCBS Tax provisions

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DOUG ARMSTRONG	N/A
MARA BAER	N/A
ELIZABETH MACDONALD BARNETT	N/A
JOHN CERISANO	N/A
KATHLEEN CLAESSENS	N/A
MICHAEL DECARLO	N/A
KATHY DIDAWICK	N/A
JOHN ERICKSEN	N/A
GARRY EWING	N/A
ALISSA FOX	N/A
JANE GALVIN	N/A
GREGORY GIERER	—
KRIS HALTMEYER	N/A
JUSTINE HANDELMAN	N/A
PHILIP JOHN HAYS	N/A
ROBERT IMES	N/A
MARY NELL LEHNHARD	N/A
JOSEPH MUSKER	N/A
NAN NORTH	—
CHRISTINA NYQUIST	N/A
SCOTT SEROTA	N/A
JOEL SLACKMAN	N/A
JAMES BERRY TRIMBLE	N/A
PATRICK WATTS	N/A
ADAM J WOJCIAK	N/A

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

Antitrust and Health Insurance Reform: S618 "Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007" Health Information Technology Standards; Electronic Health Records; ICD10 Implementation: HR1368 "Personalized Health Information Act of 2007"; S1693 and S1783 "Wired for Health Care Quality Act"; Insurance Market Reform; Association Health Plans; Uninsured: S1019 "Health Care Choice Act of 2007" Genetic Non-discrimination: HR493 and S358 "Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 Mental Health Parity: HR1424 "Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007" and S558 "Mental Health Parity Act of 2007" Blue Health Intelligence; Health Savings Accounts/Medical Savings Accounts; SCHIP Reauthorization; Transparency; Private Market Fraud; FEHBP exemption from Cost Accounting Standards: Section 613 of HR2829 See attached addendum for General Lobbying Issue Area: HCR - Healthcare

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DOUG ARMSTRONG	N/A
MARA BAER	N/A
ELIZABETH MACDONALD BARNETT	N/A
JOHN CERISANO	N/A
KATHLEEN CLAESSENS	N/A
MICHAEL DECARLO	N/A
KATHY DIDAWICK	N/A
JOHN ERICKSEN	N/A
GARRY EWING	N/A
ALISSA FOX	N/A
JANE GALVIN	N/A
GREGORY GIERER	—
KRIS HALTMEYER	N/A
JUSTINE HANDELMAN	N/A
PHILIP JOHN HAYS	N/A
ROBERT IMES	N/A
MARY NELL LEHNHARD	N/A
JOSEPH MUSKER	N/A
NAN NORTH	—
CHRISTINA NYQUIST	N/A
SCOTT SEROTA	N/A
JOEL SLACKMAN	N/A
JAMES BERRY TRIMBLE	N/A
PATRICK WATTS	N/A
ADAM J WOJCIAK	N/A

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

Bills named: H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 1368 (110th), H.R. 2829 (110th), H.R. 493 (110th)

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.