Lobbying Relationship

Client

American Medical Association

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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 Medicare and Medicaid physician payments, health insurance market reforms, delivery system reforms, health care financing options, physician antitrust and malpractice issues, health information technology, prevention and wellness issues, comparative effectiveness research. Public Law 111-152, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Implementation issues related to Medicare and Medicaid physician payments, health insurance market reforms, delivery system reforms, health care financing options, physician antitrust and malpractice issues, health information technology, prevention and wellness issues, comparative effectiveness research. Quality Measure Development Public Law 113-146, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, implementation of all provisions. H.R. 3940, Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 1270, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015, all provisions S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 270, Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015, all provisions H.R. 3309, Flex-IT 2 Act, all provisions H.R.6, 21st Century Cures Act, all provisions H.R. 3680, Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2015, all provisions Prescription Drug Diversion and Abuse Electronic Health Records(EHR)interoperability and certification Meaningful Use/hardship exemptions and Stage 3 regulations
  • Medicare Program - Long term reform proposals for the Medicare physician payment system. Medicare Program - Regulatory and administrative issues with the Medicare physician formula. Medicare Program - Shared Savings/Accountable Care Organizations Medicare program - Value-based modifier Medicare program - Quality Reporting Programs Medicare program - New payment models/measuring quality performance Medicaid program - Parity for primary care physician services Discussions concerning potential debt limit extension and deficit reduction legislation - physician payment issues. Discussions with congressional staff on misvalued coding issues. Medicaid program - Parity for primary care physician services Public Law 114-10, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act - Implementation issues surrounding Medicare physician payment reform and CHIP extension. H.R. 3940, Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015, all provisions S. 2368, Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2015, all provisions Public Law 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions relating to Meaningful Use Medicare program. Public Law 114-74, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, provisions relating to Medicare and health care generally.
  • Public Law 112-144, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act - implementation issues related to reauthorization of user fees for prescription drug, medical device, and biologics approval - Regulation of online pharmacies and prescription painkillers. Prescriber Education and CME Training FDA and HHS recommendations for rescheduling certain drugs. H.R.6, 21st Century Cures Act, all provisions H.R. 3680, Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2015, all provisions

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Budget/Appropriations, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Tobacco

Spending: about $2,265,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3940: Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

H.R.1270: Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

S.709: Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.270: Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015

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

H.R.3309: Flex-IT 2 Act

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

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.3680: Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016

Sponsor: John Sarbanes (D-Md.)

S.2368: Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

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.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.)

H.R.351: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.351: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1179: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.569: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.1310: Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.236: Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

S.1180: Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1701: Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ted Poe (R-Texas)

S.972: Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

H.R.4800: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

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

Sponsor: Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

H.R.3089: Compounding Clarity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

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

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

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

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

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)

H.R.3204: Drug Quality and Security Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

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

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

H.R.5: Protecting Access to Healthcare Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

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

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

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

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

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

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

H.R.451: Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Sullivan (R-Okla.)

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.1213: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.301: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.3961: An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and...

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

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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.)

S.1776: Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

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

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

S.CON.RES.13: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

H.CON.RES.85: Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government...

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.3800: Promoting Health Information Technology Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

S.334: Healthy Americans Act

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

S.558: Mental Health Parity Act of 2007

Sponsor: Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.)

S.2029: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2007

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.5605: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2008

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

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

S.2785: Save Medicare Act of 2008

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.5545: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.2729: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.5445: To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase...

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

S.2408: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.4296: Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007

Sponsor: Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-Pa.)

H.R.5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008

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

H.CON.RES.312: Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for...

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

S.CON.RES.70: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

S.1200: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2008

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Richard Tarplin ASL/HHS; PDASL/HHS; Staff Dir/Senate Subcom Child&Fam 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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