Lobbying Relationship

Client

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Sims Strategies, LLC

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  • Issues related to value-based pay contracts in Medicare.
  • S.3063, Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018.

Duration: to

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Health Issues

Spending: about $265,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.1827: KIDS Act of 2017

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic...

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.3168: SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

H.R.3921: HEALTHY KIDS Act

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.195: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending...

Sponsor: Steve Russell (R-Okla.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.3063: Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Michaela Sims Legislative Counsel, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE); Legislative Director and Counsel, Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE)
Edward Prettyman Legislative Correspondent and Constituent Services Representative, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

Termination
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Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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