AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
KW
Background
Career
AB
WASHINGTON, DC · current
Government experience
Senior Counsel
Health Policy
Covered official positions, as disclosed on federal filings
The past 12 months
Clients
1
past 12 months
Filings
1
past 12 months
Agencies contacted
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESHealth & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Labor, Dept of (DOL)SENATETreasury, Dept ofWhite House Office
Specific issues
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans; permanent safe harbor for HSA-eligible health plans to cover telehealth pre-deductible, HSA flexibility primary care and chronic disease; budget reconciliation; Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital and health plan price transparency Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer issues 340B Prescription Drug Program 408(b)(2) Fee disclosure for health plans Surprise Medical Billing rules Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Paid leave, Interstate Paid Leave Action Network (I-PLAN) Act, (HR 3090) More Paid Leave for More Americans Act (HR 3089) Fair Billing Act (S. 2497) Prescription Drug Machine Readable Files (MRF) Prescription Drug Cost ERISA electronic reporting and disclosure, mental health parity, allow HSAs to cover chronic conditions on a pre-deductible basis Form 5500 Simplification legislation
ERISA preemption Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefit plans; budget reconciliation Health care cost transparency, prescription drugs, PBM pricing and transparency and hospital cost transparency End-stage renal disease and Medicare secondary payer standards Hospital consolidation and billing practices, site neutral payment reform; Healthy Competition for Better Care Act Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans Telehealth Expansion Act (HR 1650 / S. 763 - 119th Congress) Mental health parity rules applicable to private employer-sponsored health plans Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs) 340B Prescription Drug Program Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act (HR 919 - 119th Congress) Surprise Medical Billing Paid leave; draft interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act, Family Leave Public-Private Partnership Act
Clients
Sources
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