Lobbying Relationship

Client

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGISTS

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Lobbying firm

MEHLMAN VOGEL CASTAGNETTI, INC.

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  • Health Information Technology; Health Care Quality, General Health Care Reform Implementation
  • Medicare physician payment; Health Care Quality; Medical Imaging; Medicare reimbursement for cardiology.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $438,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009...

Sponsor: Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)

H.R.6459: To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to provide for a 4-year...

Sponsor: Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)

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

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

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

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.4851: Continuing Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

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

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.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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

H.CON.RES.85: Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government...

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

S.CON.RES.13: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

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

H.R.3800: Promoting Health Information Technology Act

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

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

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

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.3188: A bill for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of...

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

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

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

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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?
Kelly Bingel Chief of Staff to Senator Blanche Lincoln Chief of Staff, Sen. Blanche Lincoln
David Castagnetti Chief of Staff, Sen. Max Baucus
Elise Finley Chief of Staff to Rep. John Shadegg
Karin Hudson Legislative Asst. Sen. Chris Dodd
Bruce Mehlman Asst. Sec. of Commerce for Tech Policy
Dean Rosen Health Policy Director, Sen. Majority Leader Health Policy Director, Sen. Frist
David Thomas Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren Chief of Staff, Rep. Lofgren
Alex Vogel Chief Counsel, Sen. Majority Leader Chief Counsel, Sen. Frist
Colette Desmarais Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Grassley
Elise Finley Pickering Chief of Staff, Rep. Shadegg; Exec. Dir. RPC
Jamie Brown Special Asst. to President for Leg. Affairs
Allen Thompson Sr Prof Staff, House Cmte on Homeland Security
Stacey Rampy Legislative Dir., Rep Eshoo
Jonathan Hoganson Policy Director, House Democratic Caucus;
Jonathan Hoganson (continued) Legislative Director, Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Jamie Brown Hantman (Brown) 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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