Lobbying Relationship

Client

Chronic Care Policy Alliance

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Lobbying firm

Sims Strategies, LLC

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  • Issues related to patient interests in prescription drug proposals and policies, including in P.L. 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act. Issues related to patient costs and Pharmacy Benefit Managers. H.R. 830/S. 1375, the HELP Copays Act. H.R. 1770, the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act. H.R. 2407/S. 2085, the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. S. 1264, the SMART Prices Act. H.R. 4895, Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act.

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General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $780,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

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

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.1946: Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

H.R.7213: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.830: Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

S.1375: HELP Copays Act

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

H.R.1770: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

H.R.2407: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening...

Sponsor: Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)

S.2085: Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

S.1264: SMART Prices Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4895: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act

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

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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?
Michaela Sims Legislative Counsel, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE); Legislative Director and Counsel, Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE)
Edward Prettyman Legislative Correspondent and Constituent Services Representative, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)

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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