Lobbying Relationship

Client

The OrthoForum

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Lobbying firm

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

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  • Payment issues relating to orthopedic practices that own in-office ancillary services Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model Issues related to Physician Self-Referral Laws (Stark laws) and Anti-kickback Statute (AKS) Comprehensive joint replacements Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act implementation Issues related to total knee arthroplasty

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $2,440,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), White House Office, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

S.1133: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: James Lankford (R-Okla.)

H.R.2513: PACE Act of 2015

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.5273: Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

S.810: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1871: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4206: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

S.2051: Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.6654: Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act

Sponsor: Cynthia Axne (D-Iowa)

H.R.7233: Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act...

Sponsor: Troy Balderson (R-Ohio)

S.2741: CONNECT for Health Act of 2019

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.4932: CONNECT for Health Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.7154: Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act

Sponsor: Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1512: CONNECT for Health Act of 2021

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2903: Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies...

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.368: Telehealth Modernization Act

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

H.R.1332: Telehealth Modernization Act

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

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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?
Marc Lampkin Policy Dir.-Senate Republican Conference Sectys office General Counsel - House Republican Conference Staff/Counsel - House Education and Labor Committee
Michael Levy Sr. Advisor to the Secretary - U.S. Treasury Dept. Dep. Under Sec./Asst. Sec.-U.S. Treasury Dept. Staff Economist-Congressional Jt. Econ. Comm Admin. Asst/Chief of Staff - Sen. Lloyd Bentsen
Laura Johnson Legislative intern - Senate HELP Committee
Brian Wild Senior Advisor-Office of Speaker John Boehner Deputy Assistant for Leg Affairs- VP Cheney Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Toomey Legislative Assistant- Sen. Hank Brown
Peter Goodloe Senior Counsel, House Legislative Counsel; Health Counsel/Parliamentarian, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Judy Black Spec Asst to the President for Intergov Affairs
Andrew Littman Policy Dir, Sen Barbara Boxer; Chief of Staff, Sen Al Franken; Sr Counselor, HHS Sec Sylvia Matthews Burwell
Araceli Gutierrez Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Graduate Fellow, Rep. Roybal-Allard
Gloria Walker Intern - Rep. Anthony Brown
Norman Brownstein n/a
Juanita Duggan n/a
Cate McCanless n/a
Sohil Khurana 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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