Issues lobbied + lobbyists (5)
VET — Veterans
Medical device procurement and supply chain resiliency. Ensuring VHA patient access to Med Tech as VHA manages supply chain and upgrades its medical surgery and prosthetics procurement contracting. Pain management - working to increase veteran access to multidisciplinary and multimodal pain management to provide for effective non-opioid treatment alternatives. VA Authorization Bill of 2025- Specifically, H.R. 6549 The VA Contracting and Procurement Act. This bill would reform VAs contracting process by modernizing medical implant acquisition and consolidating billing for surgical procedures to enhance delivery of care to veterans. FY2027 Appropriations: Advocacy efforts on including report language in Labor-HHS to advance non-opioid, evidence-based pain management and in VA/DoD accounts to support modernization of procurement processes, including a transparent product add cycle and a streamlined single purchase order mechanism.
Lobbyists:- mr STEVEN NEIL LAPIERRE
- mr CHRISTOPHER LEE TIMMERMAN
- ms WHITNEY B CRAIG jd
- CAMERON BAKER
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
OECD 2 Pillar Framework Implementation - International tax provisions specifically regarding the global minimum tax, including the Defending American Jobs Act (H.R. 591) and the Unfair Tax Prevention Act (H.R.2423), legislation regarding extraterritorial taxation and completion/implementation of the G7 side-by-side agreement.
Lobbyists:- mr STEVEN NEIL LAPIERRE
- mr CHRISTOPHER LEE TIMMERMAN
- ms WHITNEY B CRAIG jd
- CAMERON BAKER
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
HCR — Health Issues
Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2025(H.R. 5343 and S.1717) - Legislation to create automatic CMS coverage for devices approved via FDA's breakthrough pathway. (CMS rulemaking for Transitional Coverage of Emerging Technologies (TCET) - advocacy for a new, voluntary Transitional Coverage of Emerging Technologies (TCET) pathway that provides national Medicare coverage for Breakthrough-designated technologies, beginning on the date of FDA market authorization.) The Patient Access to Innovative New Technologies Act (PAINT Act) -- proposed legislation that aims to expand access to new medical technologies by improving the Medicare New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) program. It would create a single deadline for products in an alternative pathway, ensure breakthrough devices are eligible for conditional approval under NTAP, and prevent disruption in Medicare beneficiaries' access to new treatments. 2025 Reauthorization of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act - Advocacy for reauthorization of the SUPPORT Act, specifically for FDA approved alternative treatments for Chronic Pain, and medical devices role to address the opioid epidemic. Starting work on the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2026 (Public Law 117-328) - advocacy efforts on Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) reauthorization, riders, and device shortages. Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) (Public Law 109-417) - advocacy on risk mitigation plans and voluntary shortage reporting related to medical device supply chains and advocacy for medical research and to foster a new era of medical innovation and prepare for future pandemics and promote health equity. Support passage of the Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Payment Program Act of 2025 - Senate (S. 1031) & (H.R. 2120). This legislation would increase access to patient care, enhance the quality of cancer treatments, encourage innovation, reduce disparities for rural and underserved patients, and lower patient costs by saving Medicare about $200 million over 10 years. The WISeR Model (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model) - Advocacy efforts on inclusions in CMS' WISeR model, which is aimed at reducing inappropriate care and preventing improper payments under Medicare Part B by refining prior authorization processes for traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
Lobbyists:- mr STEVEN NEIL LAPIERRE
- mr CHRISTOPHER LEE TIMMERMAN
- ms WHITNEY B CRAIG jd
- CAMERON BAKER
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
Supply Chain - advocacy efforts on topics that could potentially impact the medical device supply chain such as decisions made by the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, outbound investments, raw materials, components, export controls, and shortage/supply chain resiliency reporting regulations. Submitted comments for the U.S. Dept of Commerce's investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of medical equipment including medical devices. Discussed the unique aspects and critical contributions of the U.S. medical technology sector as related to tariffs and other trade measures on imported medical devices and components and our support for policies that do not harm domestic manufacturing and global competition in the sector.
Lobbyists:- mr STEVEN NEIL LAPIERRE
- mr CHRISTOPHER LEE TIMMERMAN
- ms WHITNEY B CRAIG jd
- CAMERON BAKER
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
ENV — Environment/Superfund
EPA Rulemaking Restricting Ethylene Oxide (ETO) - Proposed rulemaking to place more-stringent limits on emissions and institute new monitoring requirements for ethylene oxide (ETO). Advocacy efforts include educating lawmakers on the importance of ETO in the sterilization of medical devices and potential shortages of sterile medical devices if EPA's proposed changes are enacted.
Lobbyists:- mr STEVEN NEIL LAPIERRE
- mr CHRISTOPHER LEE TIMMERMAN
- ms WHITNEY B CRAIG jd
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE