1st Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for HOSPICE ACTION NETWORK

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Issues regarding healthcare work force. P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan, as it relates to the provider relief fund.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues concerning access to the Medicare hospice benefit. Issues regarding reimbursement for the Medicare hospice benefit. Issues related to community based palliative care and advanced care illness management. Issues related to regulatory relief. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. Issues involving inpatient and in home respite care. Issues involving hospice providers and The Cares Act provider relief fund. Issues related to the corona virus. S. 368 / H.R. 1332, the Telehealth Modernization Act, as it relates to use of telehealth in the certification of a beneficiary for the hospice benefit. Medicare sequestration relief. P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan, as it relates to the provider relief fund and the sequestration relief. H.R. 1868, Medicare Sequester Bill, S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, as it relates to sequester relief for hospices.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

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

Bills named: S. 748 (117th), H.R. 1868 (117th), S. 368 (117th), H.R. 1332 (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.