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Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

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Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

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  • Issues related to FDA guidance of Remanufacturing Medical Devices; Issues related to Right to Repair; Issued related to Artificial Intelligence; H.R.2369 - Verifying Accurate, Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act; Physician Fee Schedule/Reimbursement Issues; Issues related to price transparency.
  • H.R. 1199 / S. 1544 - Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act (FIND Act); Physician Fee Schedule / Reimbursement issues; Artificial Intelligence for Medical Devices, including issues related to Medicare reimbursement; H.R.2369 - Verifying Accurate, Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act; and Issues related to Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies.
  • Issues related to workforce development of allied healthcare professionals.
  • Site neutral payment policy H.R. 1199 / S. 1544 - Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act (FIND Act); H.R. 1691 - Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2023; Artificial Intelligence for Medical Devices, including issues related to Medicare reimbursement; and Issues related to price transparency.
  • Site neutral payment policy; and Issues related to export controls and Russian sanctions.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Education, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Veterans, Energy/Nuclear, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Homeland Security, Science/Technology

Spending: about $12,486,095 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Economic Council (NEC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Treasury - Dept of, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of, House of Representatives,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Senate,, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills mentioned

H.R.2430: FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.1314: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

S.1101: MEDTECH Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.2425: Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.149: Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.2977: Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

H.R.22: FAST Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.83: CAMPER Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

H.R.3303: Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2015

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

H.R.83: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

H.R.4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

H.R.523: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.232: Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

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

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

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

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

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

Sponsor: Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.)

S.17: Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.2104: Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging...

Sponsor: Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.)

H.R.5325: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.2465: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.5855: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013

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

S.3216: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.5651: Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

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

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

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

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care 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.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

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

S.3408: Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.1697: Household Product Labeling Act of 2009

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

S.2029: A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Menthyl anthranilate.

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.717: 21st Century Cancer ALERT (Access to Life-Saving Early detection,...

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

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)

H.R.5605: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at...

Sponsor: Mark Critz (D-Pa.)

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

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

H.RES.28: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the...

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

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.3409: Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2008

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

H.RES.28: To institute a reconciliation rule in the House of Representatives for...

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

S.3408: Comparative Effectiveness Research 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.)

H.R.6898: Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.4473: Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.7956: Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020

Sponsor: Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.748: Ethan's Law

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.925: Data to Save Moms Act

Sponsor: Sharice Davids (D-Kan.)

H.R.4479: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

S.2609: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2021

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.2209: VALID Act of 2021

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.4128: VALID Act of 2021

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.7253: Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

S.3648: SANE Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.6566: Freedom to Repair Act of 2022

Sponsor: Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4006: Fair Repair Act

Sponsor: Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.8295: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.748: Stop CCP Infrastructure Act

Sponsor: Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.)

H.R.925: Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.2369: Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development Act of 2023

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

H.R.3967: Student Loan Tax Relief Act

Sponsor: Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.)

H.R.1199: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023

Sponsor: Neal Dunn (R-Fla.)

H.R.4006: Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act

Sponsor: Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

H.R.1835: Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

Sponsor: Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

S.1000: Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.1544: Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.1691: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2023

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

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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?
Peter Wallace Legislative Correspondent, Office of Rep. Ric Keller Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Ric Keller
Maureen Tracy Legislative Director, Office of Rep. John Shimkus Legislative Director, Office of Rep. Shimkus
Maureen Zilly Tracy Legislative Director, Office of Rep. John Shimkus
Mo Zilly Tracy Legislative Director, Office of Rep. John Shimkus
Maureen Zilly Legislative Director, Office of Rep. John Shimkus
Mo Tracy Legislative Director, Office of Rep. John Shimkus
Alicia Hennie Health Policy Advisor, Professional Staff Member - Senate HELP Committee
Andrew Whitman n/a
Andy Whitman n/a
Valerie Sinden n/a
Christina Carrica Haley 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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