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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2018

Lobbyist name	Elana Margolis
Business name	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Address	101 Huntington Avenue
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02199
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-246-7974

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $20,000.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	2960	An Act to protect access to confidential healthcare	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	492	An Act to reduce health care costs through improved medication management	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Division of Insurance Proposed Bulletin to Clarify Benefits for Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Services	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4033	An Act relative to combatting addiction, accessing treatment, reducing prescriptions, and enhancing prevention	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	551	An Act reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1100	An Act relative to opioid prescribing practices and access to pain management	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	4617	An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	528	An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Discussions with Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority and Division of Insurance regarding 2019 Seal of Approval	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	1103	An Act providing access to full spectrum addiction treatment services	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Discussions with Division of Insurance regarding implications of Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Plan Reauthorization Act provisions	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2164	An Act to ban hospital facility fees and surprise billing	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	565	An Act relative to opioid prescribing practices and access to pain management	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Testimony to Health Policy Commission regarding infusion drug payment policy	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	591	An Act to protect access to confidential healthcare	Support	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2947	An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Discussion with Commonwealth Connector Authority and Division of Insurance regarding implications of the 2019 Federal Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	492	An Act to reduce health care costs through improved medication management	Oppose	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	526	An Act relative to out-of-network services provided by emergency medicine clinicians	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	522	An Act reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	3571	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
House Bill	2188	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Neutral	$0.00	n/a
Senate Bill	2296	An Act to protect access to confidential healthcare	Support	$0.00	n/a
Executive		Division of Insurance bulletin 2018-01: Prevention of Emergency Department Boarding of Patients with Acute Behavioral Health and/or Substance Use Disorder Emergencies	Support	$0.00	n/a
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/11/2018	Committee to Elect Maura Healey	Attorney General	$200.00
03/06/2018	Baker Committee, Charlie Baker	Governor	$200.00
04/03/2018	Committee to Elect Robert DeLeo	State Representative, 19th Suffolk District	$200.00
04/24/2018	Committee to Elect Karen Spilka	State Senate, 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk District	$200.00
06/11/2018	MASSACHUSETTS BLUE PAC OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS	n/a	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,000.00

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