Lobbying Relationship

Client

Independence Blue Cross, LLC

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Lobbying firm

Independence Blue Cross, LLC

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  • ACA enhanced subsidies; Reforms to TRICARE competitive plan demonstration; Medicare Advantage Program, innovative pilots and improvements to regulations; Site neutral payment reform and enhanced oversight for hospital billing practices; Rx drug pricing and pharmacy benefit manager reforms; Improvements to Veterans health care through new care coordination with the VA.
  • Implementation of the Medicare Advantage Program.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Homeland Security, Insurance

Spending: about $9,750,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2810: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

H.R.246: To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the...

Sponsor: Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)

H.R.3590: Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

S.183: Jobs and Premium Protection Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.3742: Access to Marketplace Insurance Act

Sponsor: Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)

H.R.928: To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the...

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.5589: Plan Verification and Fairness Act of 2016

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

S.3000: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

S.754: To improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing...

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.2570: Strengthening Medicare Advantage through Innovation and Transparency for...

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.1978: Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act of 2017

Sponsor: Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

S.1835: Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.4666: Premium Relief Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ryan Costello (R-Pa.)

H.R.5176: Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms Act of 2018

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

H.R.6082: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

Sponsor: Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)

S.3254: Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.2905: Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act of 2018

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

H.R.1385: SAVE Act

Sponsor: Andy Kim (D-N.J.)

H.R.1425: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

H.R.1384: Medicare for All Act of 2019

Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

H.R.861: End Surprise Billing Act of 2019

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.3630: No Surprises Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5826: Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.5800: Ban Surprise Billing Act

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.1624: HEALS Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.7659: Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

S.4840: Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.150: Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021

Sponsor: Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)

H.R.2166: Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.3173: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)

H.R.19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.4311: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2021

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.2503: Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021

Sponsor: Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)

H.R.6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

S.3700: Affordable Insulin Now Act

Sponsor: Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)

H.R.4587: Value in Health Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.3018: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

S.4750: Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

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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?
Mitch Vidovich Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Pat Toomey. District Director, Office of Senator Pat Toomey. (2011-2015) Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Pat Toomey. District Director, Office of Senator Pat Toomey. (2011-2015)
Jovi Hammer 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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