Lobbying Relationship

Client

KCI USA, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

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  • Competitive Bidding Program; CBIC Round 2 decisions; S.2312, DME Access and Stabilization Act of 2015; H.R. 5210 & S.2736, Patient Access to DME Act of 2016; 21st Century Cures Act implementation.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $230,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Related Foreign Entities: Chiron B1 S.a.r.l. Luxembourg (c/o Apax Partners) (Luxemborg, LUX); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 27%; CPP Investments Board Private Holdings, Inc. (Toronto, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 25%; Port-Aux-Choix Private Investments, Inc. (Montreal, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 21%

Bills mentioned

S.2312: DME Access and Stabilization Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.5210: PADME Act

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.2736: Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.1253: Patient Access to Disposable Medical Technology Act of 2015

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

H.R.1018: Patient Access to Disposable Medical Technology Act of 2015

Sponsor: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

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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?
Karl Koch Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim Davis
Paul Bock Chief of Staff, Senator Herb Kohl Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Kathryn Lehman Chief Counsel, Sbcmte. on Constitution, H. Judiciary Cmte. Special Assistant to Speaker of the House Policy Director, House Majority Whip Director of Coalition Outreach, Speaker of House Chief of Staff, House Republican Conference
Kerry Feehery Staff Asst., Special Asst., Dep. Press Sec., Sen. Connie Mac Press Secretary, Joint Economic Committee Policy Analyst, Senate Budget Committee Communications Director, Sen. Mel Martinez Director, State Office of Sen. George LeMieux Chief of Staff, Sen. George LeMieux
Shawna Francis Watley LA, Senator J. Robert Kerrey
Michael Gaba 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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