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VGM Group, Inc.

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Van Scoyoc Associates

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  • H.R.3020/S.1695, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2016, Medical device related issues Public Law No: 114-53, Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2016, Medical device related issues H.R.2250, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2016, Medical device related issues Public Law No. 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2016, Medical device related issues
  • Competitive bidding program and market pricing issues for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Medical Device related issues
  • Competitive bidding program and makret pricing issues for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Medical Device related issues Medicare Audit Improvement Act, Medical Device issues Administrative Relief and Accurate Medicare Payments, Medical device issues H.R.1516, Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015, Medical device issues Public Law 114-10, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, Medical device issues H.R.284/S.148, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015, Medical device issues H.R.6, 21st Century Cures Act, Medical device issues H.R.4185, Protecting Access through Competitive-pricing Transition (PACT) Act of 2015, Medical device issues S.2312, DME Access and Stabilization Act of 2015, Medical device issues

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Trucking/Shipping, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $370,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2012: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.3020: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.2250: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Tom Graves (R-Ga.)

H.R.1516: Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2015

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.284: Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)

S.148: Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

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.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.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.2329: Administrative Relief and Accurate Medicare Payments Act of 2013

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

H.R.5083: Medicare DMEPOS Audit Improvement and Reform (AIR) Act of 2014

Sponsor: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.3095: To ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the...

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

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

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

H.R.1041: FIMBA

Sponsor: Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Edward Long, PhD Legislative Director, Senator Tom Harkin
Edward Long, PhD (COP cont.) StaffDir, Sen Subcomm on Labor, HHS, Education Approps StaffDir,Sen Subcomm on Labor/HHS/Ed Approps StaffDir,SenSubcommonLabor/HHS/Ed Approps
Katherine Vanlandingham LegAsst/CorrespondenceDirector, Senator Sam Brownback LegAsst/Corresp Dir, Senator Sam Brownback
Brian Prenda n/a
John Fuller n/a
Brad Price n/a
Chris Purdy n/a

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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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