Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Association for Homecare

Association advocating for organizations that provide medical equipment to patients More records

Lobbying firm

MEHLMAN VOGEL CASTAGNETTI, INC.

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  • Issues pertaining to durable medical equipment including: bidding, power wheelchairs, oxygen, diabetic supplies, negative pressure wound therapy, Medicare audits, sequestration, competitive rates for Medicaid bidding and fraud abuse; H.R. 942/S. 948, Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013, all provisions; H.R. 1250/S. 1012, Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions; (see contination page) H.R 27, Small Supplier Fairness in Building Competition Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R. 1717, Medicare DEMPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R. 2375, Transparency and Accountability in Medicare Bidding, Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R. 2810, Medicare Patient Access and Quality Act of 2013, all provisions. S. 1871, The SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, all provisions.

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

Spending: about $820,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

H.R.942: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

S.948: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2013

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1250: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

S.1012: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.27: Small Supplier Fairness in Bidding Competition Act of 2013

Sponsor: Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1717: Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

H.R.2375: Transparency and Accountability in Medicare Bidding Act of 2013

Sponsor: Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.)

H.R.2810: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

H.R.6490: Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1251: Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.3399: Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

H.R.452: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.668: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.4378: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012

Sponsor: Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5652: Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

H.R.3630: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.CON.RES.112: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

H.R.6575: Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2012

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

H.R.3765: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.3790: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

H.R.4994: Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-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?
Kelly Bingel Chief of Staff, Senator Blanche Lincoln
David Castagnetti Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey
Bruce Mehlman Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference
Elise Pickering Ex Dir, House Republican Policy Cmte; Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg; LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett Rep. John Shadegg, LA, Rep. Dannemeyer; LD, Rep. Bartlett
Stacey Rampy LD, Rep. Eshoo; LA, Sen. Torricelli; LA, Sen. Boxer
Dean Rosen Health Policy Dir, Sen. Majority Leader Frist; Staff Dir, Sen Subcmte on Public Health; Maj Health Pol Counsel, House Cmte on Ways & Means, Subcmte on Health; Health Policy Coordinator & Counsel, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res; Counsel & Prof Staff, Sen Cmte on Labor & Human Res, Subcmte on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz
David Thomas Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren; Dir of Congressional Rels, FTC Dep Dir of Leg Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Asst, Sen. Metzenbaum
Allen Thompson Sr. Prof Staff Member, House Cmte on Homeland Security
Alex Vogel Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Frist
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 Sr Advisor, Office of Speaker John Boehner; Dep Assistant for Leg Affairs, VP Cheney; Leg Assistant, Sen. Hank Brown
Charles Wooters Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker, Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise
Susan Stoner Legislative Assistant, Senator Crapo; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Charlie Dent; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Tim Murphy; Intern, Rep. Bill Shuster
Cynthia Brown Chief of Staff, Rep. Ron Kind Legislative Assistant, Rep. Bart Stupak
Jamie Brown Spec Asst to President for Leg Affairs ( G.W. Bush); Acting Asst AG for Leg Affairs, DoJ; Leg Counsel, Sen. Connie Mack
Colette Desmarais Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley; LA, Sen. Chafee
Jonathan Hoganson Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus; Leg Dir, Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Jamie Brown Hantman (Brown) n/a
Elise Finley Pickering n/a
Jamie Brown Hantman 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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