HCR — Health Issues
Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations, as applicable to ERISA self-funded health plans; PCORI & comparative effectiveness, coverage mandates on ERISA plans, access to preventive care items and services; ADA and GINA, HIPAA compliance, privacy and security of health information, access to claims data, and all payers claims databases, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence; Coverage of and access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment; Tax treatment of employer-sponsored benefits and insurance; Drug related provisions including: patent reforms, costs, rebates, access to and regulation of generics, and biosimilars, and supply chain concerns; Medical management, value-driven care in public and private coverage; Patient safety and quality; Medicare Advantage, Medicare secondary payer, end stage renal disease (ESRD), and retiree health, COBRA, Medicare expansion and public option Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plan modernization; ERISA preemption protection; Clarification of ERISA fiduciary duty standards application to entities; Plan administration; Transparency and accountability in the health care system, vertical integration impacts on health care; Electronic delivery of plan communications; Caregiving support and incentives; Surprise medical billing/No Surprises Act implementation; Hospital billing, consolidation, anti-competitive practices; Telehealth expansion, interstate provider licensing; CAA implementation; Access to preventive treatments and screenings related to chronic kidney care and other conditions such as colorectal cancer;
- JAMES PATRICK GELFAND
- CHRISTINA STROGIS
- MELISSA BARTLETT — covered position: Privacy Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office for Civil Rights Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce [new]
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office