Lobbying Relationship

Client

Quality Diabetes Care Coalition

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Lobbying firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

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  • Issues concerning Medicare auditing practices and competitive bidding of DMEPOS.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $1,700,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

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

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

Bills mentioned

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

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.3765: Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.365: Budget Control Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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

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

H.R.3790: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

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.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

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

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.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.)

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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?
Stacey Hughes U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Deputy Staff Director Office of the Asst. Maj. Leader (Sen. Nickles), Policy Adv. Office of the Asst. Min. Leader (Sen. Nickles), Policy Adv Senate Spec. Cmte on Aging (Sen Cohen), Prof. Staff Member U.S. Senator Connie Mack, Leg. Asst / Scheduler U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Dpty. Staff Dir.
Doug Badger EOP, Dep. Asst. for Leg. Aff. / Spec. Asst. for Econ. Policy US Senate, Assistant Majority Leader, Chief of Staff US Senate Rep. Policy Cmte, Staff Director / Asst. Staff Dir US Dept of HHS, Dep. Asst. Sec. for Human Dev. Svcs. Soc. Sec. Admin, Office of Leg. & Reg. Policy, Acting Dir. Deputy Assistant to the President for Leg. Affairs
Don Nickles U.S. Senator
Rachel Jones Hensler U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir. Office of U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, Leg. Asst. Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Leg Asst Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Leg Cor

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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