Lobbying Relationship

Client

Medical Compression Systems, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Capitol Counsel, LLC

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  • Issues related to Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment classification and patient access to venous thromboembolism treatment, including CMS implementation of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement demonstration.

Duration: to

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $120,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Related Foreign Entities: MCS Ltd (Akiva 3050000, ISR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

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?
Martin B. Gold Floor Advisor & Counsel, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Joshua Kardon Chief of Staff, Senator Ron Wyden; LD/Press Secretary, Senator Ron Wyden; Staff Director, House Government Affairs Committee
Luke Hatzis LD & LA, Cong. Peter Roskam; Republican Clerk, House Rules Committee; Legislative Aide, House Republican Conference; and Floor Assistant, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert
Denise Henry Morrisey n/a
Shannon Finley 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.

Termination
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration

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

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