Issues lobbied + lobbyists
HCR — Health Issues
-Suicide prevention and crisis services -Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity - advocating for uniformity and clearer regulations for non-quantitative treatment limitations -Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 -Health Care Affordability Act
Lobbyists: MAEGHAN GILMORE; KATHRYN COHEN [new]; ms DEBORAH MILLER WITCHEY [new]
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office
ALC — Alcohol and Drug Abuse
-Expand access to medication-assisted treatment -Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - rules for prescribing controlled medications via telemedicine -Contingency Management
Lobbyists: MAEGHAN GILMORE [new]; KATHRYN COHEN [new]; ms DEBORAH MILLER WITCHEY
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office
MMM — Medicare/Medicaid
-Telehealth, reforming barriers to access to services. Extending flexibilities and repealing the 6-month in person visit requirement. -The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act -Medicaid reform -Medicaid community engagement requirements -42 CFR Part 2 as it relates to Medicaid community engagement requirements -Coverage of Peer Support specialists' services
Lobbyists: MAEGHAN GILMORE [new]; KATHRYN COHEN [new]; ms DEBORAH MILLER WITCHEY
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office