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Independence Blue Cross, LLC

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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

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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

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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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