Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Association of Chain Drug Stores

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Lobbying firm

AMERICAN CONTINENTAL GROUP

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  • Advocacy on Medicare and Medicaid pharmacy coverage and reimbursement issues. Advocating for coverage of pharmacists services under Medicare Part B. Advocating for the passage of legislation that curbs prescription drug abuse while protecting patient access to medication. Advocating for fair and accurate Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement. Advocating for Medicare Part D changes that increase beneficiary eligibility for medication therapy management. Issues related to pharmacy reimbursement for 21st Century Cures. Issues regarding TriCare coverage for pharmacies. Issues regarding direct and indirect remuneration under Medicare Part D plans.
  • Advocacy on Medicare and Medicaid pharmacy coverage and reimbursement issues. Advocating for coverage of pharmacists services under Medicare Part B. Advocating for the passage of legislation that curbs prescription drug abuse while protecting patient access to medication. Advocating for fair and accurate Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement. Advocating for Medicare Part D changes that increase beneficiary eligibility for medication therapy management. Issues regarding direct and indirect remuneration under Medicare Part D plans.

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General Issues: Pharmacy, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $1,420,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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?
David Urban Chief of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter
Shawn Smeallie Special Assistant to President Bush for Legislative Affairs; Special Assistant to Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB
Stephen Pinkos Policy Director/General Counsel, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy; Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for IP; Staff Director, House Judiciary Committee
Michael Barbera Chief of Staff, Representative Curt Weldon
Sheryl Cohen Chief of Staff, Senator Christopher Dodd; Political Director, Senator Christopher Dodd; Finance Director, Senator Joe Lieberman
Trista Roehl Legislative Assistant, Representative John Shadegg; Legislative Assistant, Representative Chris Cox; Legislative Assistant, Pat Toomey
Stuart Chapman Chief of Staff, Representative Carolyn McCarthy; Chief of Staff, Representative Zack Space; Press Secretary, Senator Jay Rockefeller; Press Secretary, Representative Barbara Lee
Julie Philp LD, Rep. John Campbell; LA/Sr. LA, Rep. Gil Gutknecht; LA and Scheduler, Rep. Michael Burgess; LA and Scheduler, Rep. Connie Morella; LA, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Legislative Director, Rep. John Campbell
Karen Stone LD, Rep. Dina Titus; Sr. LA, LA, LC, Staff Asst - Rep. Steve Israel
Mary O'Dea Ahearn n/a
Mary O'Dea Allen n/a

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.

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

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