Lobbying Relationship

Client

Quality Diabetes Care Coalition

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Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Monitor issues related to the Medicare durable medical equipment competitive bidding program; monitor and advocate for changes to H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act/H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and H.R. 3970, the Medical Rights and Reform Act of 2009, as they relate to diabetes testing supplies and the Medicare durable medical equipment competitive bidding program.

Duration: to

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $420,000 (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)

Affiliated organizations: Owens & Minor Healthcare Supply; Medco Health Solutions, Inc.; CCS Medical, Inc.

Bills mentioned

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

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

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

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

H.R.3970: Medical Rights and Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

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

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

H.R.6252: Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

S.3144: Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform 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.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Julian A. Haywood Staff Dir/Counsel, House Govt Reform Subcomm on Info Policy Minority Counsel, House Committee on Government Reform Counsel, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Representative Steny Hoyer Law Intern, U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of NY Legislative Assistant, Representative Julian Dixon Min Counsel, House Comm on Govt Reform Counsel, House Comm on Stds of Off. Conduct Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer Legislative Assistant, Rep. Julian Dixon Min Counsel, House Govt Reform Comm Counsel,House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Staff Dir/Csl, House Govt Reform Subcomm Cnsl, House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Legislative Asst & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer
Stacy Stordahl Senior Policy Advisor, Senate Special Committee on Aging Legislative Director, Representative Betty McCollum Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Tammy Baldwin Legislative Assistant, Representative Ron Kind Staff Assistant, Senator Donald Riegle, Jr. Sr Policy Adv, Senate Special Comm on Aging Legislative Director, Rep. Betty McCollum Senior Legislative Asst, Rep. Tammy Baldwin Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ron Kind

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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