Lobbying Relationship

Client

MEDNAX Services, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Tarplin Strategies LLC

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  • Public Law 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Implementation issues related to Medicaid reimbursement for neonatologists and pediatric cardiologists, Medicare evaluation and management coding practices, qualifying neonatologists as primary care practioners for purposes of program eligibility, public insurance plan provider participation and payment issues, Medicare reimbursement for anesthesiology services. Public Law 111-152, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act - Implementation issues related to Medicaid reimbursement for neonatologists and pediatric cardiologists, Medicare evaluation and management coding practices, qualifying neonatologists as primary care practioners for purposes of program eligibility, public insurance plan provider participation and payment issues, Medicare reimbursement for anesthesiology services. Public Law 112-144, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act - Implementation issues related to drug shortage issues. Public Law 113-146, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 - Implementation issues related to physician contracting and reimbursement issues. Public Law 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions relating to Medicare, Medicaid and the Meaningful Use program. Public Law 114-74, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, provisions relating to Medicare, Medicaid and health care generally. H.R. 1462 and S. 799 Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015, all provisions. HR. 1344, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015, all provisions.
  • Public Law 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - implementation issues related to Medicaid reimbursement for neonatologists and pediatric cardiologists, Medicare evaluation and management coding practices, qualifying neonatologists as primary care practioners for purposes of program eligibility, Medicare reimbursement for anesthesiology services, Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for adoption of health information technology systems. Public Law 111-152, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act - Implementation issues related to Medicaid reimbursement for neonatologists and pediatric cardiologists, Medicare evaluation and management coding practices, qualifying neonatologists as primary care practioners for purposes of program eligibility, Medicare reimbursement for anesthesiology services, Medicare incentive payments for adoption of health information technology systems. Public Law 111-5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Implementation issues related to Medicare incentives and penalties for adoption of health information technology, comparative effectiveness issues. Public Law 111-286, the Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act - Medicare physician payment issues and HIT incentive payments for hospital-based physicians. Meetings with CMS staff concerning reimbursement for anesthesiology and pediatric subspecialty services under the 2014 physician fee schedule rule. H.R.1470 and S. 810, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015 - Medicare physician payment reform. Public Law 114-10, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Medicare physician payment reform and CHIP extension. The Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act - extension of Medicaid parity payments to primary care physicians Public Law 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Public Law 114-74, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Spending: about $1,960,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.1462: Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015

Sponsor: Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)

S.799: Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.1344: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.1470: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1281: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)

S.1417: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

H.R.1256: Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act

Sponsor: Scott Garrett (R-N.J.)

S.2694: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.5364: CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2014

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

H.R.3962: Making Public Lands Public Access Act

Sponsor: Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

S.388: American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

S.2450: Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.3230: Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.2000: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4015: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.8: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.1919: Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2013

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

S.959: Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.2186: VALID Compounding Act

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

H.R.3089: Compounding Clarity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

H.R.3204: Drug Quality and Security Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.CON.RES.25: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year...

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

H.R.3962: To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Blue 56.

Sponsor: Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

H.R.1256: Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

S.296: Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.5: Protecting Access to Healthcare Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

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

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.454: Strengthening Program Integrity and Accountability in Health Care Act of...

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.2: Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

H.R.4: Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy...

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.R.705: Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy...

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

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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?
Richard Tarplin Assistant Secretary for Legislation/HHS; Principal Assistant Secretary for Legislation/HHS; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation/HHS; Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families
continued Tarplin Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation/HHS; Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families and Families.

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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