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Boston Scientific Corporation

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TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC

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  • budget resolution, reconciliation, health care reform, deficit reduction H.Con.Res. 112, budget resolution for 2013
  • **see addendum pagePL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PL 111-152 - The Reconciliation Act of 2010, implementation S. 756 - Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act S. 668 - Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, IPAB H.R. 675 - Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011 S. 454 - Strengthening Program Integrity and Accountability in Health Care Act of 2011 H.R. 452 Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 (IPAB) H.R. 3765/H.R. 3630/H.R. 3743 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, health care provisions H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act ***, no specific bill(s), gainsharing, remote monitoring, diagnostics, Medicare Physician Reimbursement; reimbursement for imaging and technology; value based purchasing, Accountable Care Organizations, Sunshine Act, bundling, Innovation Center
  • PL 111-148 - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, implementation

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General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $920,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

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

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

S.756: Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.668: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.675: Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011

Sponsor: Wally Herger (R-Calif.)

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

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

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

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

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

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.3743: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.5: Protecting Access to Healthcare Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

H.R.2693: Budget Control Act of 2011

Sponsor: David Dreier (R-Calif.)

S.365: Budget Control Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.627: Budget Control Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.2608: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

H.R.2017: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

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

H.R.2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: John Culberson (R-Texas)

H.R.2560: Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

S.17: Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.436: Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.262: A bill to repeal the excise tax on medical device manufacturers.

Sponsor: Scott Brown (R-Mass.)

H.R.734: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device...

Sponsor: Brian P. Bilbray (R-Calif.)

H.R.488: Save Our Medical Devices Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.)

H.R.3079: United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

H.R.3080: United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

H.R.1473: Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

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

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

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

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.J.RES.44: Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.J.RES.48: Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.1363: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.RES.1493: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.

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

S.CON.RES.60: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

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

H.R.3138: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sponsor: Baron P. Hill (D-Ind.)

H.R.5712: Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

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

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

H.R.756: National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

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.1346: Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

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

S.540: Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

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

H.R.759: Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009

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

S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.610: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)

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

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

H.R.5297: Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

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

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

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

H.R.4851: Continuing Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

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

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

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

H.R.4691: Temporary Extension Act of 2010

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

H.R.3326: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: John P. Murtha (D-Pa.)

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

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.)

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.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.350: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.631: Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2007

Sponsor: Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)

H.R.5765: Medicare Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2008

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

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.)

H.R.2994: National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

S.3387: National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.6381: Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

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

S.3398: Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

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

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

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

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

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.3118: Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.5465: Military Pain Care Act of 2008

Sponsor: Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Linda E. Tarplin Ms. Sp. Asst. to the Pres. for Leg. Affairs; Dep. Asst. Sec. for
cont. Tarplin positions cont. Tarplin positions Leg. - HHS Sec. for Leg. - HHS
Raissa H. Downs Ms. Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for
cont. Downs positions cont. Downs positions Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.
Jennifer B. Young Ms. Asst. Sec. for Leg, HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg, HHS; Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS;
cont. Young positions cont. Young positions Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.
Michelle P. Easton Ms. Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. On Finance;
cont. Easton positions cont. Easton positions Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst. Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst.,
Jennifer Young Ms. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg.
Linda Tarplin Ms. Sp. Asst. to the Pres. for Leg. Affairs; Dep. Asst.
Raissa Downs Ms. Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst.
Michelle Easton Ms. Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. On Finance;
Isaac A. Fordjour Mr. n/a
Issac A. Fordjour Mr. n/a
Isaac Fordjour Mr. n/a
Raissa Donws Ms. n/a
Isaac Forjdour Mr. n/a
Jennifer B. Young Mr. 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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