Lobbying Relationship

Client

CVS CAREMARK, INC. (FORMERLY CAREMARK RX, INC.)

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Lobbying firm

ALSTON & BIRD, LLP

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  • Legislation concerning privacy and interrelation w/ HIPAA privacy laws; Legislation concerning pharmacy benefit management issues, drug safety and tracking drug suppliers.
  • Changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs related to pharmacy reimbursement; data privacy.
  • Legislation concerning privacy and interrelation w/ HIPAA privacy laws; Issues relating to the use of protected health information; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act; H.R. 2577, SAFE Data Act; H.R. 1841, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act; S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act of 2011; S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011; S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011.
  • Issues relating to a proposed anti-trust exemption for certain pharmacies, healthcare competition and the CVS Caremark business model; H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011; H.R. 1839, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2011; H.R. 1946, Preserving our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act.
  • Issues related to restructuring of corporate tax rates.
  • Issues related to drug safety and the drug supply chain.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Pharmacy, Government Issues

Spending: about $530,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Y Y CMS

Bills mentioned

H.R.654: Do Not Track Me Online Act

Sponsor: Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

H.R.2577: SAFE Data Act

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

H.R.1841: Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

S.1408: Data Breach Notification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.1535: Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.1207: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.1409: Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011

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

H.R.1839: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2011

Sponsor: Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1946: Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.5777: BEST PRACTICES Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.3742: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.3397: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.1359: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)

H.R.5710: National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization...

Sponsor: Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.)

H.R.4199: Patient Health and Real Medication Access Cost Savings Act of 2009

Sponsor: G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

H.R.5234: PBM Audit Reform and Transparency Act of 2010

Sponsor: Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4489: FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act

Sponsor: Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.)

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

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

H.R.1204: Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

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

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

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.1706: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.1427: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

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

S.726: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

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

S.1315: Drug Price Competition Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1548: Pathway for Biosimilars Act

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

S.956: Preserve Patient Access to Reputable DMEPOS Providers Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.1970: Preserve Patient Access to Reputable DMEPOS Providers Act of 2009

Sponsor: Zack Space (D-Ohio)

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.)

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers 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.980: Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.5839: Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008

Sponsor: Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)

S.1951: Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3700: Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007

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

H.R.3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

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

S.2048: A bill for the relief of Jose Buendia Balderas, Alicia Aranda De...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.1814: Health Information Privacy and Security Act

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

S.1082: Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act

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

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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?
Marilyn Yager Dep. Ass't to the Pres., W.H.Office of Pub. Liaison
Bob Siggins Chief of Staff for Congressman Earl Pomeroy
Paul Martino Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
Michael Park Health Policy Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
Stephanie Kennan Sr. Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Ron. Wyden
Thomas A. Scully n/a
Colin Roskey n/a
Marc Scheineson n/a
Jennifer Butler n/a
M. LYNN SYKES n/a
Erin Darling n/a
Timothy P. Trysla n/a
Jennifer Bell n/a
David Hebert n/a
Thomas Scully n/a
Timothy Trysla n/a
Mark Rayder n/a
Tom Scully n/a
Tim Trysla n/a
Tamara Tenney 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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