• Issues concerning the Medicare Hospice Benefit and children's hospice issues. Issues concerning hospice payment and alternative payment models. Issues related to advanced care illness management. Issues involving inpatient respite care, bereavement funding, palliative care and a community-based palliative care demonstration. Issues related to COVID-19 emergency funding, extension of the public health emergency, testing, vaccines, and COVID-19 related legislation. Issues related to telehealth flexibilities and regulatory flexibilities granted under the public health emergency. Issues related to the hospice and palliative care workforce. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design. Issues pertaining to the hospice election statement and election statement addendum. Issues pertaining to concurrent care, including transfusion. Medicare sequestration relief. Issues related to childrens access to hospice and palliative care. Issues related to the implementation of the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act and the Rural Access to Hospice Act. The American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319) as it relates to the Provider Relief Fund and sequester relief; the extension of sequestration relief provided under H.R.1868 and the Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act (H.R. 315); the Telehealth Modernization Act (S. 368/H.R. 1332); The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) Act (S. 1512/H.R. 2903); The Childrens Program of All-inclusive Coordinated Care (ChiPACC) Act of 2021 (H.R. 4952); The Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act (S. 2565); The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (No Bill Number); The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) as it relates to Home and Community Based Services; The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) as it relates to Medicare sequestration.
• Issues concerning the Medicare Hospice Benefit and children's hospice issues. Issues concerning hospice payment and alternative payment models. Issues related to advanced care illness management. Issues involving inpatient respite care, bereavement funding, palliative care and a community-based palliative care demonstration. Issues related to COVID-19 emergency funding, extension of the public health emergency, testing, vaccines, and COVID-19 related legislation. Issues related to telehealth flexibilities and regulatory flexibilities granted under the public health emergency. Issues related to the hospice and palliative care workforce. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design. Issues pertaining to the hospice election statement and election statement addendum. Issues pertaining to concurrent care, including transfusion. Medicare sequestration relief. Issues related to childrens access to hospice and palliative care. Issues related to the implementation of the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act and the Rural Access to Hospice Act. The American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319) as it relates to the Provider Relief Fund and sequester relief; the extension of sequestration relief provided under H.R.1868 and the Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act (H.R. 315); the Telehealth Modernization Act (S. 368/H.R. 1332);The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) Act (S. 1512/H.R. 2903); The Childrens Program of All-inclusive Coordinated Care (ChiPACC) Act of 2021 (H.R. 4952); The Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act (S. 2565). The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (No Bill Number); The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) as it relates to Home and Community Based Services; The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) as it relates to Medicare sequestration.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2021

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Homeland Security, Veterans

Spending: about $7,432,428 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

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