Lobbying Relationship

Client

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

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  • H.R. 3107, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 - provisions related to prior authorization for Medicare Advantage Plans; S. 3013, Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act - provisions related to prescription drug plans under Medicare Part D; S. 2543, Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDRPA) of 2019 - provisions addressing prescription drug pricing; S. 1202, Independence at Home Act of 2019 - provisions to improve and provide for a permanent Independence at Home medical practice program under the Medicare program; H.R. 3644, Independence at Home Act of 2019 - provisions to improve and extend the Independence at Home medical practice demonstration program under the Medicare program; H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act - healthcare provisions related to access and support for providers and states and access to PPE; S. 3559, Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act - provisions related to emergency financial assistance to rural health care facilities and providers impacted by the COVID-19 emergency; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act (stimulus 2) - provisions related to access to healthcare including FMAP, testing, protections for public health workers, and benefits to children and families impacted by the coronavirus; S. 1790 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - provisions related to telehealth; Issues related to point of sale rebate Issues related to allowing for audio only effective date alignment between Health Defense Agency and CMS Issues related to COVID-19 package 4

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Health Issues

Spending: about $12,560,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), White House Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

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

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3168: SNP Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

S.1827: KIDS Act of 2017

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.3921: HEALTHY KIDS Act

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.34: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.2646: Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

S.2680: Mental Health Reform Act of 2016

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5506: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a...

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

S.3090: Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and...

Sponsor: Dean Heller (R-Nev.)

H.R.5659: ESRD Choice Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

H.R.546: ACE Kids Act of 2015

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

S.298: ACE Kids Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.524: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

S.2104: Preserving Medicare Advantage for all Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2015

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.2582: Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

H.R.1343: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act...

Sponsor: Jim Renacci (R-Ohio)

S.688: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act...

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

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

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

S.193: Inventoried Roadless Area Management Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.1945: Mental Health Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.2501: Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.4484: Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act

Sponsor: Kyrsten Sinema (ID-Ariz.)

H.R.5183: VBID for Better Care Act of 2014

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.3120: HEAL Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.3325: ACE Kids Act

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

S.428: ACE Kids Act of 2017

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.5963: To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance...

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

S.3063: Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.6470: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.3158: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.7217: IMPROVE Act

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

H.R.1398: Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

S.19: Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.1839: Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

S.172: Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3107: Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019

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

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

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

H.R.4455: BIOSIM Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.4597: ACCESS for Biosimilars Act of 2019

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

H.R.3461: Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2019

Sponsor: Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)

H.R.4004: Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2019

Sponsor: Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.2986: Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2019

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

S.3013: Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act

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

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

S.1202: Independence at Home Act of 2019

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.3644: Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3559: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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

S.1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

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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?
Tricia Barrentine Guay Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep Jim Davis Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Jim Davis
Vincent Frakes House Ways & Means Committee Staff
Michelle Turano Detailee, Senate Finance Committee
Valerie Jewett Scheduler, Legislative Aid, Legislative Director, Rep. Frelinghuysen
Sohini Gupta Health & Social Policy Counsel, Sen. Evan Bayh Health and Social Policy Counsel, Senator Evan Bayh
Tricia Barrentine-Guay n/a
Elizabeth Goodman n/a
Blair Todt n/a
Tricia Barrantine Guay n/a
Danny Ly 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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