Lobbying Relationship

Client

Rotech Healthcare Inc.

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Lobbying firm

WHITMER & WORRALL, LLC

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  • Issues related to the home healthcare equipment market. Issues related to Medicare reimbursement levels. Issues related to CMS and DME rulemaking. Issues related to competitive bidding reform. Issues related to including non-invasive ventilators in the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Issues related to audits imposed on the home healthcare equipment industry. Issues related to the S. 1229, the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act. Issues related to creating an electronic template for the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) industry. Issues related to H.R. 5555, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Relief Act of 2023. Issues related to S. 1294, the Competitive Bidding Relief Act of 2023.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Defense

Spending: about $1,490,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

H.R.34: Safe Students Act

Sponsor: Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

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.)

H.R.34: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.4185: PACT Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.2312: DME Access and Stabilization Act of 2015

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

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017

Sponsor: Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

H.R.4229: Protecting HOME Access Act of 2017

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.24: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2019

Sponsor: Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.8158: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive budget...

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.1868: To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.8158: Base Access Privileges Improvement Act

Sponsor: John Garamendi (D-Calif.)

S.1229: Green New Deal for Health Act

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

H.R.5555: DMEPOS Relief Act of 2023

Sponsor: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)

S.1294: Competitive Bidding Relief Act of 2023

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

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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?
Corry Marshall CoS - Congressman Bob Gibbs; Senior LA - Congresswoman Melissa Hart; SA - House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; SA - Congressman Bob Ney COS - Congressman Bob Gibbs; Senior LA - Congresswoman Melissa Hart; SA - House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; SA - Congressman Bob Ney
Erik Komendant Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA); Legislative Director, Rep. Jason Altmire (PA); Policy Director, Blue Dog Coalition
Thomas Worrall n/a
Martin Whitmer n/a
Robert Houton n/a
Rudy Barry n/a
Mariel Calhoun n/a
Angela Acampora n/a
Tom Worrall 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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