Lobbying Relationship

Client

Biodesix, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Todd Strategy Group

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  • Medicare reimbursement for diagnostics. Medicare Contractor Reform.
  • Lab test regulatory and reimbursement reform.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Spending: about $1,090,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.4302: Congressional Accountability for Emergency Lending Act of 2017

Sponsor: Scott Tipton (R-Colo.)

H.R.4302: END OF AN ERA Act

Sponsor: Garret Graves (R-La.)

H.R.4203: Comfortable and Fair Flight Act

Sponsor: Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.)

H.R.4302: Homeless Assistance Act of 2019

Sponsor: Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)

H.R.5800: Ban Surprise Billing Act

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

H.R.4128: VALID Act of 2021

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4128: Payment Choice Act of 2023

Sponsor: Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.2369: VALID Act of 2023

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

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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?
Daniel Todd Senior Health Counsel, Senate Finance Committee; Special Assistant, Office of Admin. Ct. - Medicare & Medicaid
Paul Edattel Chief Health Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Policy Assistant, Office of the Speaker; Professional Staff Member for the Majority at the House Energy & Commerce Committee; Legislative Assistant & Legislative Director, Rep. John Shadegg
Jeff Lucas Health Policy Advisor, Senator Bill Cassidy; Legislative Assistant/Sr. Legislative Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Larry Bucshon
Taylor Sexton Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response, HHS; Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Legislation, HHS; Health Care Policy Fellow, Representative Michael Burgess
Nicholas Uehlecke Senior Advisor, Dept. of Health and Human Services; Professional Staff/Sr. Legislative Assistant, House Ways and Means Subcommittee
Eric Bergren Chief of Staff, Rep. Brett Guthrie; Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, Chief of Staff - Rep. Ron Lewis; Intern, Rep. Bill Baker
​Katherine Fleming Cotton ​Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant - U.S. Representative Brett Guthrie
Ted Lehman Chief of Staff, Senator Tillis; Senate Judiciary Committee-Counsel, then Chief Counsel for Nominations and Senior Counsel; Senate Judiciary Committee-Staff Assistant and Legislative Assistant

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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