Lobbying Relationship

Client

EHEALTH INITIATIVE

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Lobbying firm

Executives for Health Innovation (formaly known as eHealth Initiative)

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  • General issues related to consumer health data privacy; general issues related to Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services; general issues related to digital health equity; issues related to funding for Telehealth Resource Centers; issues related to funding for the National Quality Forum; Telehealth Modernization Act of 2021 (HR 1332/S 368); CONNECT for Health Act (HR 2903/S 1512); Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act (HR 5425/S 1988); Expanded Telehealth Access Act (HR 2168); PREVENT DIABETES Act (S 2173); Social Determinants Accelerator Act (HR 2503); Telemental Health Care Access Act (HR 4058/S 2061); Telehealth Extension Act (HR 6202);The Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act (S. 3953), The Health Data Use & Privacy Commission Act (S.3620), and The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act (S.3904); general issues related to health data interoperability and implementation of the HHS Cures Act final rule; issues related to the extension of HDHP-HSA telehealth provisions.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Science/Technology

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Y Y Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services

Bills mentioned

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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

S.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.598: To provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to...

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

H.R.629: Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

S.336: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

S.350: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

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

H.R.6357: PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008

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

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

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

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

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

H.R.7191: E-Centives Act of 2008

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

H.R.1952: National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007

Sponsor: Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)

H.R.3800: Promoting Health Information Technology Act

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

H.R.5442: TRUST in Health Information Act of 2008

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.6345: Patient-Controlled Health IT Act

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.1368: Personalized Health Information Act of 2007

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

H.R.2406: Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

S.1408: Health Information Technology Act of 2007

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

S.1455: National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

H.R.2043: Medicaid Access Project through Information Technology (MAP IT) Act

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.3043: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

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

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.4932: CONNECT for Health Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.2741: CONNECT for Health Act of 2019

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

S.4375: Telehealth Modernization Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.7663: Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2020

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.2168: Expanded Telehealth Access Act

Sponsor: Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)

H.R.1332: Telehealth Modernization Act

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

S.368: Telehealth Modernization Act

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

H.R.2903: Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies...

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.1512: CONNECT for Health Act of 2021

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

S.1988: Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

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

S.2173: Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel...

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

H.R.2503: Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021

Sponsor: Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)

H.R.5425: Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

H.R.4058: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.2061: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.6202: Telehealth Extension Act of 2021

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

S.3953: Affordable Loans for Any Student Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.3620: Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.3904: Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2022

Sponsor: Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)

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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.

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TICIA GERBER n/a
Brian Wagner n/a
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Christine Bechtel n/a
Aaron Holman n/a
Catherine Pugh n/a

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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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